This crossword No. 27618 clues and answers were published on Wed 19 Sep 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27618 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A race of tossers? : PANCAKE
5-across – Sailor’s first thought to acquire marine weapon : SIDEARM
9-across – Henry had six weeks, not even taking four : WIVES
10-across – Refreshing place, Newgate Forest : TEAGARDEN
11-across – Criminally assist operatic website, masking fingerprint : AIDANDABET
12-across – Permission to leave last of the porridge : CON
14-across – MP, perhaps, in place of barrister? : MIDDLETEMPLE
18-across – Uncle’s villa I let out with no extra charges : ALLINCLUSIVE
21-across – See 12 : GEE
22-across – Crazy picosecond of peering into people : ENDOSCOPIC
25-across – Opening a manuscript, change in case we forget : AMNESIACS
26-across – Resistance to dressing for ceremonial office : MAYOR
27-across – Avoiding alcohol, French priest to preserve by adding salt : DRYCURE
28-across – No way at first for nasty types to be executed, no date being fixed : SINEDIE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Keep handling fruit : PAWPAW
2-down – State prosecutor found at bottom of Russian river : NEVADA
3-down – Tending to agree ant’s head is only half conscious : ASSENTIENT
4-down – They exist in actuality and in potential : ENTIA
5-down – Make fewer pronouncements, being displaced : STATELESS
6-down – Old port in the wood : DEAL
7-down – Strip of paper better, say, submitted to prince informally : ANDYCAPP
8-down – They protect brains of women in gestation : MENINGES
13-down – He may have to fight racism, even in disguise : SERVICEMAN
15-down – Describe where prepared food is eaten after cooking : DELINEATE
16-down – Railwayman taking over his place in front : VANGUARD
17-down – Tree’s strong desire to shoot up in island : ALDERNEY
19-down – Best friend thus rendered incapable of dropping litter? : SPAYED
20-down – Unwarranted alarm about carbon being in short supply : SCARCE
23-down – Band that holds cut flowers : OASIS
24-down – Gets value intermittently for cheated brother : ESAU
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.