This crossword No. 27223 clues and answers were published on Wed 14 Jun 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27223 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – National reps adjusted cost price : DIPLOMATICCORPS
9-across – Slob in bar, knocking it back? : BOOZEUP
10-across – Person responsible for laying out poet : SPENDER
11-across – Cardinal rejecting anything northern : TWO
12-across – Line lost in presenting account to posh colleague with forked tongue? : BILINGUALLY
13-across – Harry O’Brien and a Scotsman : ABERDONIAN
15-across – Old Bill nabbing revolutionary for one : AGED
18-across – Thoroughly weary butcher : DOIN
20-across – New blade flipped in deception’s getting sharper : STEEPENING
23-across – Means of paying bill a peer’s pocketed : POSTALORDER
25-across – Decline to fix number of games : SET
26-across – Pure Cockney politician reviewed top-class games venue : OLYMPIA
27-across – On boy’s return, adult leaves test for a breather : NOSTRIL
28-across – Inconsistent rules accepted during matches : DOUBLESTANDARDS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – One way to fix bad credit? : DEBITCARD
2-down – Champion for second time close to failure : PROMOTE
3-down – Offers more than one penny, pre-decimal in ordinary words : OVERBIDS
4-down – Dismay as a neighbour of Santa turns up? : APPAL
5-down – Hardened criminal isn’t seen casing area : INSENSATE
6-down – Verbally stop item written by 10 : CHEQUE
7-down – Danger signal featuring after 6 at Monza? : REDFLAG
8-down – Bad-tempered mare’s last to leave, no doubt : SURLY
14-down – Annalist busy acquiring old papers : NATIONALS
16-down – Stimulant — love it, second boxer admitted : DIGITALIS
17-down – Person wanting to keep piano up played again : REPRISED
19-down – Promissory note imbued with a delicate blue — whatever next? : IASKYOU
21-down – Firm with policies making home safer? : INSURER
22-down – Pope’s restricting abbey’s latest provision for e-10 : PAYPAL
23-down – August men in provincial party rising : PROUD
24-down – Italian lady introduced to London nanny : DONNA
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.