This crossword No. 27059 clues and answers were published on Mon 05 Dec 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27059 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Going to the dogs? : RIDINGTOHOUNDS
8-across – Yachtsman changing course heard as one making insulting remarks, maybe : GIBER
9-across – Ivor’s out to become a skilled performer : VIRTUOSO
11-across – Might one disappear into it at the top of Everest? : THINAIR
12-across – Tramp a priest converted : TRAIPSE
13-across – Teacher’s pet is short of time : RABBI
15-across – One ringing to warn you of danger? : ALARMBELL
17-across – Fool holds sister with strange puzzle : CONUNDRUM
20-across – Head of school, goody-goody young man : SPRIG
21-across – Leaving unannounced for an away match : ELOPING
23-across – He charges a couple of hundred to the employer : ACCUSER
25-across – After Greta perhaps, Ted identified as a victim : TARGETED
26-across – Protection with strings attached : APRON
27-across – Grant free film in circulation : GENERALRELEASE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Story with a poor beginning but a capital ending : RAGSTORICHES
2-down – Give a name to first-class city of Arabia : DUBAI
3-down – Ran up share account : NARRATION
4-down – Soldiers welcome sailors inside foreign restaurant : TAVERNA
5-down – The bare ingredients of a brew up : HERBTEA
6-down – A lump in one’s throat : UVULA
7-down – Paper said to come out and leave no trace : DISAPPEAR
10-down – One looking for scraps may show it : BELLIGERENCE
14-down – Wish for a pleasant journey from France : BONVOYAGE
16-down – Form of variety before the ’50s, much as I recollected : MUSICHALL
18-down – A target set out for a meeting at sea : REGATTA
19-down – Turn, or intend to turn, Communist : MEANDER
22-down – Warm place in the singing lesson : INGLE
24-down – Open return to southern country : SYRIA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.