This crossword No. 27291 clues and answers were published on Fri 01 Sep 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27291 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Terror group erroneously claim to be this : ISLAMIC
5-across – Welcoming home girl getting pardon : AMNESTY
10-across – A sound measure of the third man : ABEL
11-across – What pilot does when seeing problematic rubbish bins filled : FLIESBLIND
12-across – See art or 27 as represented in overseas territory celebration : EASTER
13-across – Man like Esau in Spooner’s prayer : HAILMARY
14-across – Convertible car in this quarter : CHRISTIAN
16-across – Mentally prepare note to the far right of Germany and Switzerland : PSYCH
17-across – Seize chateau at last by surprise? Not half! : USURP
19-across – City in France, I trust, unwrapped fancy meal : JERUSALEM
23-across – Blokes in song by northern quarter : ARMENIAN
24-across – Quarter aspiration after jet engine starts : JEWISH
26-across – Top player pocketing Arab cash is in parts : SERIALISED
27-across – Pine, perhaps, when one leaves Scottish island : TREE
28-across – Lack of faith in so many leaders chasing articles : ATHEISM
29-across – Very fond of a party group : ADORING
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Time off creating soap and bubbles, primarily here? : SABBATH
3-down – Dish out a great deal, we hear : ALLOT
4-down – Dead heart, say, is actually about right : INFARCT
6-down – Selfie regularly appears in mother’s quarter : MUSLIM
7-down – Expecting trouble with seafood pie, as cooked outside : ECLAMPSIA
8-down – Of 21 philosophy carried by a distant rickshaw : TANTRIC
9-down – Shape designed to represent obstinacy : PIGHEADEDNESS
15-down – Harsh realities for a citizen of ancient kingdom : ISRAELITE
18-down – One tempted mother of ten and paid out without hesitation : SERPENT
20-down – Fresh in Frankfurt and green on the inside : UNJADED
21-down – 12 noon and it’s heading to 90° : EASTERN
22-down – With some aplomb, I bless King James and co : BIBLES
25-down – Chestnut or biscuit? : WATER
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.