This crossword No. 27703 clues and answers were published on Fri 28 Dec 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27703 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Got near the solution to this, but not overly impressive : NOGREAT
5-across – Seductresses help removing our uniform — twice : SUCCUBI
10-across – Engaged Asian picked up at party : TIEDUP
11-across – Prints articles initially in the City : ETCHINGS
12-across – Priest’s among non-believers : ELI
13-across – Invest in road building : ORDAIN
14-across – New guy starts to renegotiate cheap fee for each writer : GEOFFREY
15-across – Bungling Italy on three points : INEPT
16-across – Choice woman’s finally made to leave? Hear it’s fallacious : SOPHISTRY
19-across – Close to broke in most of country — no alternative to Tory policy? : AUSTERITY
21-across – Tea next to instant coffee : MOCHA
24-across – One piece of writing in leaflet is less convincing : FLIMSIER
26-across – Doris’s entertaining fellow when things go wrong : OFFDAY
27-across – Matter of disrespect : RES
28-across – Hearts lost twice — that coach’s messed up direction to players : STACCATO
29-across – See 1 : SHAKES
30-across – See 14 : CHAUCER
31-across – Son went on Big Dipper in these? : SPEEDOS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Mike’s a different bloke after love letter : OMICRON
3-down – Course favourite gets special welcome : REDCARPET
4-down – Join in with degree course, initially : APPEND
6-down – Nancy’s a fool getting man to strip : UNCLOTHE
7-down – Bluff a national treasure? : CLIFF
8-down – Tap on counter — a quarter admitted it’s annoying : BUGBEAR
9-down – Order given to ignore boner under newspaper — a dreadful rule! : REIGNOFTERROR
17-down – ’E’s upset about current criticism : SNOWFLAKE
18-down – Water right for fellow in one ship : IRRIGATE
20-down – Open jar at lunch : UNLATCH
22-down – Carrying drugs, must stop boat : HEAVETO
23-down – Energy drink a bit special is inside talk : GOSSIP
25-down – Historian set out for Chinese region : MACAU
This crossword has in total 31 where 18 are across and 13 are down.