This crossword No. 27475 clues and answers were published on Thu 05 Apr 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27475 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Unseen decision-maker’s habit: getting drunk Earl to join clubs, maybe? : GREYSUIT
9-across – Medium, right before goodbye cut off : RADIO
10-across – Drug user represented by a police chief : ACID
11-across – Unvarnished truth that prairie dwellers need to be aware of? : PLAINFACTS
12-across – Political supporter’s note secured in advance : COMMIE
14-across – Uncontrolled movement in tempered steel nut : TESTICLE
16-across – Shakespearean character’s pieces : PISTOLS
18-across – Curios once associated with ears : EXOTICA
21-across – To encourage old men, be dishevelled! : EMBOLDEN
23-across – Understand about the month having turned, so withdraw : SECEDE
24-across – Inner Greenland is in her itinerary, being cut off : DISINHERIT
26-across – Dries out properties that are distressing to be in : DIRE
27-across – Run one of the film crowd : EXTRA
28-across – Dual power priest involved in version of Buddhism that was full of gas : ZEPPELIN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Badger king’s lacking coil-shaped vegetable : BROCCOLI
2-down – Old composer’s lark given voice? : BYRD
3-down – Place in natural shade : PURPLE
4-down – See 26 across : STRAITS
5-down – The young Thatcher’s terrible means of punishment? : IRON
6-down – Italicised twirls not practical : IDEALISTIC
7-down – Left beside a large, imposing gate : PORTAL
13-down – Church members’ ways are about its conversion : METHODISTS
15-down – It shows drug’s up times : SEX
17-down – Guided element of a type of display : LED
19-down – Cried out: Potassium in drink! : CIDERKIN
20-down – Major organisation, with Zambia in fore, oddly reacted to global warming? : UNFROZE
22-down – See 5 : MAIDEN
23-down – Exercises, that’s the thing between drinks! : SITUPS
25-down – See 10 : HEAD
26-down – Produced a tinkle, inverted and low : DEEP
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.