This crossword No. 27173 clues and answers were published on Mon 17 Apr 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27173 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – See : WELLS
10-across – Fish from port perturbed European cooks : TORPEDOES
11-across – Top person now harbouring unconscious mass of primitive energies : PRESIDENT
12-across – Get extremely tiddly, imbibing rum in this? : TODDY
13-across – Pass on education, primarily, in this : COLLEGE
15-across – Occupied regal office in foreign edifice : REIGNED
17-across – Good-heartedly backed this see : SIGHT
18-across – Ungainly vessel nevertheless returned : TUB
20-across – See 28 : DERBY
22-across – In place of bishop, I’d put back old chessmen, oddly : DIOCESE
25-across – See 23 13 across, or 11 : LINCOLN
26-across – Minimal information about English fellow in suit : BEFIT
27-across – Middle East airline introducing key moves to land elsewhere : EMIGRATES
30-across – Otherwise stern, sees what’s lacking in long sentences : TERSENESS
31-across – Piece of choral music in Anglican town : CANTO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Hands over in exchange : SWAP
2-down – Award for seaside resort that’s sad and weary : BLUEFLAG
3-down – It’s a north-facing wine region : ASTI
4-down – See step broken on end of flight most difficult to climb : STEEPEST
5-down – Dramatist, say, who corrects things that are wrong in speech? : WRITER
6-down – Spanned, it’s clear, in first study : BESTRIDDEN
7-down – See 5 : LONDON
8-down – See getting regular letters from episcopacy : ESPY
13-down – Prepared to steal from box with diamonds : CASED
14-down – Prayers irritate when inserted in records : ENTREATIES
16-down – Academic accepting you once as leading figure in field : DOYEN
19-down – Bishop and I cutting version of St Luke that’s taking up most space : BULKIEST
21-down – Applauding after son’s caught settling down to sleep : ROOSTING
23-down – See 29 : OXFORD
24-down – See 23 13 across : EXETER
26-down – See : BATH
28-down – People care when the odds are switched : RACE
29-down – From what we hear, drive away, partly brake : SHOE
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.