This crossword No. 27267 clues and answers were published on Fri 04 Aug 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27267 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Curly veg, if sound, consumed as religious rule : CALIPHATE
6-across – Month, bleak and damp, turning summery? : WARM
10-across – Underground, is it? Or time to take a taxi? : TUBER
11-across – Serious writer’s concession: a little comedy in the gaps : SOPHOCLES
12-across – Is youngster fit for this culture at the Met? : CANTEEN
13-across – Gradually chip away tons in a space of time : WHITTLE
14-across – School being over, sister hugs Mark, college champion : MAGNUSCARLSEN
17-across – Goodness masking evil: example that may be handed to you on a plate : WILLOWPATTERN
21-across – Trumpeter’s burst stomach : SATCHMO
22-across – Country houses a small river flowing into a big one : GRANGES
24-across – Fitness fanatic making one change — one’ll get rid of bad influences : EXORCISER
25-across – At start of intifada, gunmen question one Arab : IRAQI
26-across – Spread a little butter on end of slice : PATE
27-across – Chief exec engages 14’s predecessor to travel back with minimum staff : MANANDDOG
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Vessel with some honey in crypt : CATACOMB
2-down – Leah’s dad gives dog a name : LABAN
3-down – Always the same suit fabric? That’s a 9 : PERPETUALCHECK
4-down – Killer I see reported going to block at Stonehenge for execution : ARSENIC
5-down – Authorise me to return pawn, not so important after the opening : EMPOWER
7-down – How Wordsworth saw a crowd in a high-rise long ago : ALLATONCE
8-down – See 23 : MASTER
9-down – 3, for example, finally getting a job? : NOWINSITUATION
15-down – Playing, I ought to win from the start, but give up : GOWITHOUT
16-down – Going to get architect for nothing, making hard grind : GNASHING
18-down – American native suggests a pseudonym for Eliot? : OPOSSUM
19-down – A lot of beer consumes dole money in rough bar : PIGIRON
20-down – 4 the record, holding empty luggage out : ASLEEP
23-down – Mad stranger turns out to be 14, for example : GRAND
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.