This crossword No. 27383 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Dec 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27383 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Current champion tried to break first : TIDERACE
5-across – Worker about to fight — watch out! : BEWARE
9-across – Taken by those who are sick and tired of work? : RESTCURE
10-across – Educational measure? : DEGREE
11-across – Idleness indeed : INACTION
12-across – Sit out with a girl in gauzy fabric : TISSUE
14-across – An alcoholic daze? : SCOTCHMIST
18-across – A working reserve : LABOURPOOL
22-across – First form : CREATE
23-across – In a religious sense, he believes in coasting freely : AGNOSTIC
24-across – Craft of one in the tailoring trade : CUTTER
25-across – Paper thrown at the match : CONFETTI
26-across – Fine for a non-drinker found in the quarry : PRETTY
27-across – A literary supplement? : ADDENDUM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – It’s very hot when it’s clear on the hill : TORRID
2-down – Gloomy little sergeant major with face put out : DISMAL
3-down – Deliver publicly : RECITE
4-down – Duplicate of the same type : CARBONCOPY
6-down – Pupil power? : EYESIGHT
7-down – A sign of wrong and right, we hear, in a puzzle : ACROSTIC
8-down – Weathermen caught in a flurry of sleet : ELEMENTS
13-down – Keep a firm grip : STRONGHOLD
15-down – Bird of ill omen to an old criminal? : BLACKCAP
16-down – Sailor sent to quarters for being a defaulter : ABSENTEE
17-down – Not quite free to give the result of the division : QUOTIENT
19-down – Start talking of payment for suckers : TOFFEE
20-down – Said to be like America? : STATED
21-down – A division of the Church : SCHISM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.