This crossword No. 728 clues and answers were published on Sat 21 Dec 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 728 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – The capital of the Bahamas : NASSAU
4-across – Salad vegetable whose seeds are an anise-flavoured 2 : FENNEL
9-across – Highest score given by financial credit ratings agencies? : TRIPLEA
10-across – A note worth two crotchets : MINIM
11-across – Anthony __, prime minister 1955-1957 : EDEN
12-across – A type of 2 obtained from cassia tree bark : CINNAMON
14-across – Seeds of the Piperaceae vine – also used to describe rents of nominal value : PEPPERCORNS
17-across – 2 from seeds used in Scandinavian Christmas baking : CARDAMOM
18-across – __ Stravinsky, composer : IGOR
21-across – __ Vanya, Chekhov play : UNCLE
22-across – Man brought back to life by Jesus, according to John : LAZARUS
23-across – The only one of the 2/19 whose name was a 2? : GINGER
24-across – Jay __, resident of East Egg? : GATSBY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 2 derived from the seeds of Myristica trees : NUTMEG
2-down – Music combo whose hits included Wannabe : SPICE
3-down – __ McBeal, TV series starring Calista Flockhart : ALLY
5-down – A district of London – and the capital of Alberta : EDMONTON
6-down – __ morris, a board game also known as cowboy checkers : NINEMAN
7-down – Liz __, Tina Fey’s character in 30 Rock : LEMON
8-down – Type of collage in which paper is mounted on a flat surface : PAPIERCOLLE
13-down – Musical instruction to a performer to play as they please : APIACERE
15-down – German footballer, once of Liverpool, now captain of Borussia Dortmund : EMRECAN
16-down – Bing __, singer : CROSBY
17-down – Connie __, US newsreader : CHUNG
19-down – See 2 : GIRLS
20-down – __ Pound, modernist poet : EZRA
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.