This crossword No. 27285 clues and answers were published on Fri 25 Aug 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27285 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Author’s odd email covering sign about last letter : EMILEZOLA
10-across – Instructions for shooting 17, 12, 13 across : READY
11-across – Lout’s gleeful cry : YAHOO
12-across – You might be in this case, not I : OBJECTIVE
13-across – Refuse to accept part of record is missing : DISMISS
14-across – Runs I later scrambled in test, following failure in first : RETRIAL
17-across – Money from party that’s awful! : DOUGH
19-across – See 10 : AIM
20-across – Chapter by unknown writer, or part of one : CANON
21-across – Insectivore finally found in East Asian country : ECHIDNA
22-across – It protects the trunk as US car is wrecked : CUIRASS
24-across – Purely structural approach supporting African country’s millions : FORMALISM
26-across – From part of Greece, where final flight goes? : ATTIC
28-across – Big game at home is taken in by foreign character : RHINO
29-across – Tunes represented in a scroll : CARILLONS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cathedral site south of river bank : RELY
2-down – Instructions for shooting 16, 20, 27 : LIGHTS
3-down – Totally refuted line I dropped after protest : DEMOLISHED
4-down – Liable to leak, like a patriotic American hiding nothing : POROUS
5-down – Leading article male’s written about right herb for cooking : MARJORAM
6-down – Pot, we hear, animal with valuable skin : CROC
7-down – French citizen taking part in sin — and endlessly : PARISIAN
8-down – Guilty person, at heart, is kind : TYPE
13-down – Duke protected by magistrate in escape : DODGE
15-down – Score includes century after start of play, in line with plan : TACTICALLY
16-down – Carries around new pair found in chest : LUNGS
18-down – Our niche redone in yellow : UNHEROIC
19-down – If absolutely necessary, holding a non-violent strike in check : ATAPINCH
22-down – See 2 : CAMERA
23-down – See 2 : ACTION
24-down – See 10 : FIRE
25-down – It’s a very old wicket, so declare : AVOW
27-down – Clansmen being oddly selective, for instance : CASE
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.