This crossword No. 27132 clues and answers were published on Tue 28 Feb 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27132 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – To wound and wander, destitute : DOWNANDOUT
6-across – Springs soldiers quietly within : SPAS
9-across – Degas evacuated and bathed before putting big picture in bog : SWAMPLANDS
10-across – Untangle for a natural hairdo : AFRO
12-across – I hear an American poet solved the riddle of the pseudo hotel patron … : MYSTERYGUEST
15-across – … some smart aleck, no wit allegedly : KNOWITALL
17-across – Hitherto, two notes are joined : SOFAR
18-across – Tory leader on board for English flower : TRENT
19-across – Gets and holds down : DEPRESSES
20-across – You might at Halloween see Robert on top of slapper, drunk : BOBFORAPPLES
24-across – Land is endlessly sacred : ACRE
25-across – Strength of support arranged inside unopened truss : STURDINESS
26-across – Periods where Fry’s sons choose SATS, some say : DAYS
27-across – Associates fool with first workers : ASSISTANTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Indian product of French-Italian agreement : DESI
2-down – Cover sound like a 50 cent song : WRAP
3-down – Why, say, a setter here is disturbed about a Spanish uncle — it’s enough to take one’s breath away : ASPHYXIATION
4-down – Preliminary drawing of drink from the barrel, say : DRAFT
5-down – Knocked back beer and wine, then put on a French undergarment : UNDERSLIP
7-down – Catch a train before poisonous bite : PUFFERFISH
8-down – Little pot, good for putting on : SHORTGRASS
11-down – Could George first digest bananas, before eating good Italian breakfast dish : EGGSBENEDICT
13-down – Hawk’s equipment has a double catch : SKATEBOARD
14-down – Dickens character who undertakes to be a coffin maker : SOWERBERRY
16-down – Upset, as pedants often follow cuts : ANDPASTES
21-down – Malaysian township, whence traveller returns to capital : PERAI
22-down – Frankfurter’s number one bun? Don’t start! : NEUN
23-down – The Origins of a Species popularised savage serpents : ASPS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.