This crossword No. 27727 clues and answers were published on Fri 25 Jan 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27727 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Beetle to traumatise backward scholar : SCARAB
6-across – Make a mistake with commission : ERRAND
9-across – Charlie inclines to abdominal pain : CRAMPS
10-across – Team cuts lease for occupier : RESIDENT
11-across – Does one river meet another? : DEER
12-across – Thought to be against partiality of the left : CONSIDERED
13-across – Wind down temper when the game is safe : CLOSESEASON
18-across – Winger is an Oxford player with courage : BLUEBOTTLE
21-across – Illicit drugs found in storage area : GEAR
22-across – Writer is to wallow in drink : TROLLOPE
23-across – Mean to entertain Indian poet : PINDAR
24-across – Insecurity makes director fret : DANGER
25-across – Wrongly aspire to approbation : PRAISE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Something soothing uttered in royal retreat : BALMORAL
2-down – Prevents Bill making wine : BARSAC
3-down – Unfaithful lover is scared off : CRESSIDA
4-down – Women confuse totter : WADDLE
5-down – Mortar used for levelling a long passage : SCREED
7-down – Silly fool is to slip on island : DONKEY
8-down – Nurse keeps Rex and me, an avant-gardist : TRENDSETTER
14-down – Being upset, Kitty’s done with the night’s billet : STOPOVER
15-down – Ignored a change of material : ORGANDIE
16-down – Ruddy girl’s relieved : FLORID
17-down – Head eats a new type of savoury : CANAPE
19-down – Genial criminal in west London : EALING
20-down – Great power of representative in republic : EMPIRE
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.