This crossword No. 27012 clues and answers were published on Tue 11 Oct 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27012 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Chain dog; get collars : SECURE
4-across – Dash to wrestle with robber : BANDIT
9-across – Good company : FIRM
10-across – Best quality acting by star lacking a good costume : STRONGSUIT
11-across – Fires: temperature drops in chimneys : STACKS
12-across – One flies to Gotham criminal : GOATMOTH
13-across – Turn up with Batman at the start, relish fighting Penguin? : PUBLISHER
15-across – See 8 : BOMB
16-across – Fancy man, married, spreading seed around? : PIMP
17-across – Disaster close to border : STICKYEND
21-across – Weeping priest to turn to line : PURULENT
22-across – Head of Police: Hard to cut crime by Riddler and Catwoman? : SPHINX
24-across – Rising agent of bank said: Go away : BAKINGSODA
25-across – Went down pole, given cover : SLID
26-across – Footballer and England manager both miss their first team : ELEVEN
27-across – Guides addicts injecting heroin : USHERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Dog dirt on park for animals picked up : SHIHTZU
2-down – Joker and Batman? : COMIC
3-down – Avoids Sun, papers put outside : RESISTS
5-down – Recall cover for a 2 book? : ANNUAL
6-down – Take from person? Some did by being wicked : DISEMBODY
7-down – One’s spinning drums and string instrument endlessly : TWINTUB
8-down – Batman and Robin met fog after exploding grenade : FRAGMENTATION
14-down – Car to remain outside flash American home : LIMOUSINE
16-down – Cat say returning to house left feathers : PLUMAGE
18-down – Small actors, Dynamic Duo on screen? : COSTARS
19-down – Mothers and partners taking in show : NANNIES
20-down – Dog in British 2 : BEAGLE
23-down – Rush hour on a street, middle of queue : HASTE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.