This crossword No. 27307 clues and answers were published on Wed 20 Sep 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27307 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Poet, otherwise sister to poet and painter : ROSSETTI
9-across – American who had four sisters in family in rural cottage : ALCOTT
10-across – Humorous writer, tragic figure abused by children : LEAR
11-across – Poet and novelist whose father was a detective : CHESTERTON
12-across – Brothers putting together macabre writing : GRIMMS
14-across – Mother dismissing the recorder of minutes for legal writer : MORTIMER
15-across – Novelist repeating conclusion reached by member of 22 across’s family : BENNETT
17-across – A book revised in new volume for son of Russian statesman : NABOKOV
20-across – Source of novel combination of children and partners : LAWRENCE
22-across – Novelist finding little energy in dotty aunts : AUSTEN
23-across – He wrote about brothers in party changing votes — heavens! : DOSTOEVSKY
24-across – Friends of French literary father and son : AMIS
25-across – Etonian yearbook author whose elder sibling saw everything : ORWELL
26-across – Martin’s father, 19th-century novelist : KINGSLEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Happen in company encountered on way from Paris : COMETRUE
2-down – Ruler initially used in producing triangle, square and rectangle : TSAR
3-down – Spears and bows : STICKS
4-down – Cover up work of 22 across that’s problematic : DILEMMA
5-down – Cause of illness in kind of camel endlessly needing drug injected : BACTERIA
6-down – Offensive son, eager to learn about right, left separately : SCURRILOUS
7-down – Performer’s assistant goes to pieces when given new order : STOOGE
13-down – Relatively small groups one newcomer upset in digs : MINORITIES
16-down – In loving way, making proposal, with lady taking no notice : TENDERLY
18-down – Singular craft seen in short humorous piece : ONELINER
19-down – Clearly produces Hawaiian instrument or Japanese ornament : NETSUKE
21-down – On vessel overseas with king going south : ABOARD
22-down – In a US city married undistinguished person : ANYONE
24-down – Fail as boy, being oddly deficient in addition : ALSO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.