This crossword No. 27916 clues and answers were published on Tue 03 Sep 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27916 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – CID’s possibly back in trouble with this : SLIPPEDDISC
9-across – Large ‘astral’ cast might be … : ALLSTAR
10-across – … backing Scot, singer briefly appearing in African capital : NAIROBI
11-across – Element symbolised by O, oddly : ZIRCONIUM
12-across – Duck eaten by greedy duck : AVOID
13-across – Contents of clutch bag finally found in, say, front of skip : EGGS
14-across – Voters potentially have online reader worried : ELECTORATE
16-across – One might tear along this … : DOTTEDLINE
19-across – … bank enthusiastically — eventually fishing, initially for carp : BEEF
21-across – Apart from 50% of OAPs, too lazy to go round foreign capital : ZLOTY
22-across – Informed about hard right, she changed point of entry : THRESHOLD
24-across – Most attractive female consumed by sexual desire : LUSHEST
25-across – Charge American a pound, placed on account : ACCUSAL
26-across – Chicken satay and tikka starters at lunchtime, current in the western US : YELLOWSTONE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Condemned lifeless yoghurt in holier-than-thou fashion : SELFRIGHTEOUSLY
2-down – Entry passage given coat by paint roller : INTRO
3-down – Someone adversarial, extremely biased : PARTIAL
4-down – Driving mounted policemen around a lot : DYNAMIC
5-down – Somewhat contrary parrot, a timid parrot : IMITATOR
6-down – Sweet shade of brown hair product : CHOCOLATEMOUSSE
7-down – Heading off, worn out, to laze around taking in unknown song from Chicago : RAZZLE
8-down – Do become confused, following female nonsense : FIDDLE
15-down – Sort of light source OK in the pink? : VERYWELL
16-down – See 7 : DAZZLE
17-down – Fool has broken child’s toy in half? Be forgiving : LETITGO
18-down – Opera covering polar opposites? Wisdom was famously one of them : NORMANS
20-down – See 8 : FADDLE
23-down – Painting on plaster that’s dry and firm : SECCO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.