This crossword No. 26927 clues and answers were published on Mon 04 Jul 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26927 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Force acquiring thousands by way of business : COMMERCE
5-across – Sculpted statue — that’s clever! : ASTUTE
9-across – Remove it, as ordered, for extra pay : OVERTIME
10-across – Shaving, father receives phone call : PARING
12-across – The Muhammedan world is hit : ISLAM
13-across – Reserved, but singularly partisan : ONONESIDE
14-across – Smith’s work with a principal is progressing well : FORGINGAHEAD
18-across – Conclude negotiations about the academic year? : AGREETOTERMS
21-across – Food from the earth — £500 to an aficionado : MONKEYNUT
23-across – Impertinence one might get from a waiter : SAUCE
24-across – Shade that makes little difference : NUANCE
25-across – Poison counter : ANTIDOTE
26-across – Bottom place on top of a mount : SADDLE
27-across – Stopped and taken into custody : ARRESTED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Inevitably, it crumbles : COOKIE
2-down – Food that makes us extremely slim. lithe and invigorated, for starters : MUESLI
3-down – Off the cuff, so to speak : EXTEMPORE
4-down – Such land is an accepted basis of discussion : COMMONGROUND
6-down – Plate of fish : SCALE
7-down – Employed the Italian in various duties : UTILISED
8-down – Urge school principals to become intellectuals : EGGHEADS
11-down – A singing bank teller? : COUNTERTENOR
15-down – Peace for the time being — it’s a crime, if one breaks it : ARMISTICE
16-down – Sort of step many debtors neglect to make : PAYMENTS
17-down – An over-indulgent draughtsman? : DRUNKARD
19-down – Yet you may feel so, if taken in by somebody : PUTOUT
20-down – A story, for example, viewed in advance : LEGEND
22-down – We hear forty of the Romans distinguish themselves : EXCEL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.