This crossword No. 27768 clues and answers were published on Thu 14 Mar 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27768 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sleeping on the streets in support of aristocrat : OUTFORTHECOUNT
8-across – Worm’s bit of good luck : FLUKE
9-across – Delighted with next July: it’s pants without clothes! : EXULTANT
11-across – Nice expensive copy inside — not so expensive : CHEAPER
12-across – Finally, mountain climb is beginning : NASCENT
13-across – Where flies are unfair : BELOW
15-across – St Stephen’s lower, discarded greeting : BOXINGDAY
17-across – Spongy clue for boars? : ABSORBENT
20-across – Capturing part of the city : TURIN
21-across – Cancellation period definite : ERASURE
23-across – Grants immunity to plotter, primarily involved in Semtex explosion : EXEMPTS
25-across – In dunce’s cap, a delinquent frolic : ESCAPADE
26-across – Premium oil mixed in this? : AIOLI
27-across – Finally, Dilys and Victor in a bed, cavorting — perhaps they’ll be given a last-minute reprieve : SAVEDBYTHEBELL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Polar feature : OFFICEBEARER
2-down – The curtain rising over a lull in hostilities : TRUCE
3-down – Somehow prove it hurts the Queen to conquer : OVERPOWER
4-down – Bather unexpectedly catching cold is a sign of cancer : THECRAB
5-down – Biannual event is mostly horse and bull : EQUINOX
6-down – Pledges to serve cereal in hospital? On the contrary! : OATHS
7-down – Should one engage with errand to attend literacy class? : NONREADER
10-down – Sally sitting around, motionless : STAYINGSTILL
14-down – Thrice adrift? : LOSTATSEA
16-down – Derelict and remote cathedral : NOTREDAME
18-down – Young female or male caught up in tangled web : EWELAMB
19-down – See 13 : THEBELT
22-down – Guest argues regularly as a matter of habit : USAGE
24-down – Call that’s mostly fraudulent : PHONE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.