This crossword No. 27941 clues and answers were published on Wed 02 Oct 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27941 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Tory Right blocking liberal colleague : CONFRERE
9-across – He’d call regularly, bearing cake : ECLAIR
10-across – Cases of Gewürztraminer, exceptionally pale : GREY
11-across – Destroying terrains of Amazonia, for example : RAINFOREST
12-across – Soppy female and sheepish male : WETHER
14-across – Possibly lacking exercise, topless physique is classically epic : RHAPSODY
15-across – Generators died, rotating such a lot : DYNAMOS
17-across – Fixer full of limitless gas and wind : MEANDER
20-across – Allowed astronomer to leave Earth, with fatal consequences : LETHALLY
22-across – Slick lie yielding students a sneaky day off : SICKIE
23-across – Local store fleeced a policeman, according to Spooner : CORNERSHOP
24-across – Run into revolting boozer and belch : BURP
25-across – Thinner axes bend, we hear : XYLENE
26-across – Idle criminal has siestas : LIEDOWNS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Boris yet to exercise temperance : SOBRIETY
2-down – Suspect humming head off : IFFY
3-down – Tearaway ultimately at fault : TERROR
4-down – Mischief and deadpan gags having malign influence : DEVILRY
5-down – Identical small females throwing tantrum : SELFSAME
6-down – Cult’s on-air broadcast not heard by us : ULTRASONIC
7-down – Serbia sedulously protecting partisan : BIASED
13-down – Attila upset retired nut gatherer : HEADHUNTER
16-down – Where wise creatures gather, spreading wise lore : OWLERIES
18-down – Settler perhaps restraining road rage : EMIGRANT
19-down – Tree, which reportedly gave girl optimism at last : WYCHELM
21-down – One turned up clutching £25 for Tom Jones? : EPONYM
22-down – Group of musicians adjust private parts : SEPTET
24-down – Brahms and Liszt refusing to defect : BLOT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.