This crossword No. 4085 clues and answers were published on Sun 02 Feb 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 4085 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Aplomb – or kind of a trick? : CONFIDENCE
6-across – 4, whichever way you look at it! : BOOB
9-across – Cutter between Channel Islands, losing direction, distressed : INCISOR
10-across – Bullfighter Damon shown exit, we hear : MATADOR
12-across – ‘Paella?’ groaned displaced American writer : EDGARALLANPOE
14-across – Jury’s findings after court’s thrown out Italian scorer : VERDI
15-across – Runners’ trainers? : BEANPOLES
16-across – Excess denim – rare – fancy! : REMAINDER
18-across – Part of caterpillar going slowly : LARGO
20-across – Per Spooner, the time for gardening had come: no-one told me : HOWWASITOKNOW
23-across – To begin with, thoroughbred turned, went at moderate pace : TROTTED
24-across – Mix using seeds to augment relish – delicious, primarily? : MUSTARD
25-across – Confines swans : PENS
26-across – Buff and shine statue, mostly vigorously : ENTHUSIAST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Prune extract : CLIP
2-down – Heavily armed and dim – peacekeepers flipping! : NUCLEAR
3-down – At home, Mark supposing that Everyman is able to take time to be petty : INSIGNIFICANT
4-down – Fright being topless, a mistake : ERROR
5-down – Chair reupholstered with lamé fabric : CAMELHAIR
7-down – Crossword setter’s into dictionary, mate: that’s kind of complex : OEDIPAL
8-down – Where you might get a flat top – hopefully not from the tenor : BARBERSHOP
11-down – They go up and down in tailspin, storm raging : TRAMPOLINISTS
13-down – Somewhat extrovert, he topes too much : OVERTHETOP
15-down – Badly bred, dined staying in PJs? : BEDRIDDEN
17-down – Butcher’s second wife unhappy : MOWDOWN
19-down – Basic facts; a little conflict’s arisen : RAWDATA
21-down – Va-va-voom, or emphatically minimal speed? : OOMPH
22-down – Change hearts of greedier visitors : EDIT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.