This crossword No. 27700 clues and answers were published on Mon 24 Dec 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27700 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Give address on back cover, otherwise disappear : EVAPORATE
10-across – Art patron holding small aesthetic guide : TASTE
11-across – Scent you reportedly lost after crossing Atlantic? : ODOUR
12-across – Botanical expert with itemised qualifications of female scholar? : HERBALIST
13-across – Eg 10 and 28 transformations between parts of the middle row : CHANGES
14-across – Den rebuilt by wild animals in stage before mating, often : ENDGAME
17-across – Energy shown by second eleven : STEAM
19-across – Decorate things cooked in kitchen, with odd exceptions : ICE
20-across – Tend to bed or what’s in special kind of mattress : WATER
21-across – Doctor improperly uses pressure to get into suit, say : DRESSUP
22-across – See 13 : OFSTATE
24-across – So to speak, inscribe 2nd Street on map in Far East? : RIGHTMOST
26-across – A state briefly flipped, becoming another state : ASSAM
28-across – Article on big game put in hard cover : TESTA
29-across – Garments I altered — they’ve had 13 across 22 across : EMIGRANTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – One state followed by another, note : MEMO
2-down – Fare from India south, landing in Pacific islands : SAMOSA
3-down – More bad gas circulated in draughts etc : BOARDGAMES
4-down – Cuts components of air, for example, including hydrogen : GASHES
5-down – 25 take part in crusade zealously, securing release : DEFREEZE
6-down – Mediterranean landmark visible in Estonia, oddly : ETNA
7-down – Showing ambition when I sound off about power : ASPIRANT
8-down – Become emotional, having bumped into learner on inside : MELT
13-down – Fourth law suit, as viewed by robber, potentially : CASED
15-down – County’s crewmen bringing one in on the ground floor, perhaps : DOWNSTAIRS
16-down – Frightfully odd English upset part of the EU : EERIE
18-down – Invigorate loco engineers with no end of passion : ENERGISE
19-down – Short, spontaneous performance edited, so better : IMPROVED
22-down – Cunningly defeat without being heartless, having switched halves : OUTWIT
23-down – Good thing about name in form posted? OK : ASSENT
24-down – Judges having reached conclusion, what comes next? Old-fashioned pity : RUTH
25-down – What must be modified to produce rapprochement : THAW
27-down – Result of condensation, being damp, without oxygen : MIST
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.