This crossword No. 27319 clues and answers were published on Wed 04 Oct 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27319 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Regulators behind bars providing scientific study : OPTICS
5-across – Mother’s daughter flees religious slaughter : MASSACRE
9-across – Crystalline mineral cast down toilet : BLUEJOHN
10-across – Where peacekeepers send their reserves, based on dodgy evidence? : UNSAFE
11-across – Last of dogs with docked tail : SCUT
12-across – Riveting work that could make servant spit : PAGETURNER
13-across – Old church keeps back wine aplenty for duration of festival : OCTAVE
14-across – Drink consumed by Arabs, in theory : ABSINTHE
16-across – Footwear all kids initially held in derision : SNEAKERS
19-across – Arrange completely powerless travel document : ASSORT
21-across – Spoilt deck shuffled and put in store : STOCKPILED
23-across – Book? English author gets nothing for one : AMOS
24-across – Unexpected point concluding a second-rate game : ABRUPT
25-across – Being right to worry, with smoke closing in : CREATURE
26-across – Christian playing partners no golfer’s backing : WESLEYAN
27-across – Ice in fixed form circling globe : SORBET
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Officer in charge of feeding European prisoners on board : POLICECONSTABLE
3-down – Nudged, I retain disinclination to move : INERTIA
4-down – Exhibit involving cow and sheep, Hirst’s second : SHOWPIECE
5-down – Staff car JR scratched in American capital : MANAGUA
6-down – President’s taken over, throwing master off jet : SPURT
7-down – No winner’s too stretched : ALSORAN
8-down – New student in resort finds means of getting up to date : REFRESHERCOURSE
15-down – Sports venue broadcasting darts news … : STANDREWS
17-down – … report of a barbarous gathering : ACCRUAL
18-down – £1 among loose coins used for chips? : SILICON
20-down – Dish to get the runners moving? : STARTER
22-down – Junior’s favourite toy’s lost its stuffing : PETTY
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.