This crossword No. 27575 clues and answers were published on Tue 31 Jul 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27575 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
4-across – Piece left in social system : CASTLE
6-across – Old rule initially in play? : ROMEOAND
9-across – Magic word, in principle, as esoteric : PLEASE
10-across – Popular old canary : INFORMER
11-across – First body, you might say, to tour northern French city : CARCASSONNE
15-across – Fix shower after showering without shower : INGRAIN
17-across – Couplet about — six fewer than this? : OCTUPLE
18-across – Place and time to bag an old house : PLANTAGENET
22-across – Setter noted patterns in reverse : AGARAGAR
23-across – See 6 : JULIET
24-across – See 21 : PHONETIC
25-across – Basic food in drinking establishment for 2 : BEGGAR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – State with a petition in US city : ALASKA
2-down – Bum seated, a fanatic about to perform : DOWNANDOUT
3-down – Benefit in payment, evocative : REDOLENT
4-down – Primate and friar : CAPUCHIN
5-down – Where passengers accommodated cheaply in back of cars, fury among drivers? : STEERAGE
7-down – Host certainly not leggy? : ARMY
8-down – River, run : DART
12-down – New river in Asia designed for old flagship : SANTAMARIA
13-down – Excellent punishment : SPANKING
14-down – Will writer check schedule that’s arisen? : TESTATOR
16-down – See 21 : ALPHABET
19-down – Finish wiping bottom after an excess in sticky substance : GLUTEN
20-down – Comeuppance for Theresa May and a Conservative party : CAMP
21-down – 6 23 etc to call up among banal and pathetic plays : NATO
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.