This crossword No. 27258 clues and answers were published on Tue 25 Jul 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27258 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Opposing party lines : CONVERSE
9-across – It’s redolent of daisies, or umbrageous roses opening : ODOUR
10-across – Detained three lads on a regular basis : HELD
11-across – Security company left to guard tower from rear : COLLATERAL
12-across – In a bad way, failing to end pyloric spasms : ROPILY
14-across – Demanding individual senior nurses apply light touch : STICKLER
15-across – Make angry scene in Barking : INCENSE
17-across – Sticks end of stair rod in eye : RHUBARB
20-across – Second coffee and Senior Service for slob : SLATTERN
22-across – Fellow Lithuanian, perhaps, is blue : COBALT
23-across – Spooner’s baking disaster is warning to the complacent : WAKEUPCALL
24-across – Live with very discontented group : BEVY
25-across – Sequence from Antonioni tear-jerker : ONION
26-across – Rubbish home team lacking player around start of extra time : TENEMENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – The third to rate this clue as moderate : TONEDOWN
2-down – Ancient linesman departs following 4-0 upset : OVID
3-down – Expensive diamonds separating pair from last of money : PRICEY
4-down – She has no illusions about top celebs : REALIST
5-down – Old bloke seized by desire to be feminine : WOMANISH
6-down – Broken bed, a sorry conclusion to a boozy night out? : DONERKEBAB
7-down – Suave Turk removing clothes, source of annoyance : URBANE
13-down – Miners exit angrily, barely surviving : INEXTREMIS
16-down – Tearful under small blanket : SWEEPING
18-down – Material from inverted belly button collected by oddly repressed priest : RELEVANT
19-down – Find you near the harbour : UNEARTH
21-down – Get support from the French before long : LEANON
22-down – Part of waste disposal system close to gypsy settlement : COLONY
24-down – Dud and Pete’s initial prominence : BUMP
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.