This crossword No. 27449 clues and answers were published on Tue 06 Mar 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27449 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Its leaf on wee statuette? : FIGURINE
5-across – Like many cathedrals, become almost intimate : GOTHIC
9-across – Opera is back in the big house : MANSION
10-across – Cover popular artist’s sound : WRAPPER
11-across – Wine waiters lose half the battle : SOMME
12-across – For one running keep tin of beer? : CASTELLAN
13-across – Bravely handle consequences of awful cafe and what’s piped into it? : FACETHEMUSIC
17-across – Passable property of woman to change, possessing boring name : HEREDITAMENT
20-across – Perhaps chicken wing and leg found on top of Capital Hill : PARTHENON
22-across – Mean to get drunk : TIGHT
23-across – Usually like beer, which sport interferes with : ASARULE
24-across – King left upmarket version of fried fish : TEMPURA
25-across – Hard to impress surrealist with a flower : DAHLIA
26-across – I had existence as a distinct personality : IDENTITY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Frequency with which US sect starve : FAMISH
2-down – Swiss banker invests energy in complete set of personal make-up : GENOME
3-down – Big beast’s tail bitten off by antelope in demilitarised zone once : RHINELAND
4-down – Dismissal of cop — canteen can go wild : NONACCEPTANCE
6-down – Please speed to airport : OHARE
7-down – Joint request to include fluid in this? : HIPFLASK
8-down – Crown and Church join in dirge : CORONACH
10-down – Point at which inexpert actor joined players : WESTHAMUNITED
14-down – Pygmy militia member? : MINUTEMAN
15-down – Party official meets Leader of House with advantage : WHIPHAND
16-down – Raised support to translate Torah for Scots community : ARBROATH
18-down – A condition causing swelling on one rodent : AGOUTI
19-down – Erotic, like a Turkish bath : STEAMY
21-down – Bird of paradise? : HOURI
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.