This crossword No. 27422 clues and answers were published on Fri 02 Feb 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27422 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Padding taken advantage of by such relaxed solvers? : ARMCHAIR
9-across – Who idly views analysis aid number two — full of cheap rubbish : COUCH
10-across – Leave genetic material to regress after sulphur hazard : SAND
11-across – Court crime officer is after Cat, once a champion driver : TIGERWOODS
12-across – Top content of rookery? : MURDER
14-across – Stitched up, confess to taking in lines : OVERSEWN
15-across – Declare it’s correct to switch first and third : CERTIFY
17-across – Deposit unwelcome from this main fool : SEAGULL
20-across – Re-engineering basics when returning x-coordinate : ABSCISSA
22-across – See 9 : POTATO
23-across – Philosopher’s permit is useless outside Channel Isles : EMPIRICIST
24-across – See 2 : TEST
25-across – See 1 : CHEST
26-across – Lift to reveal cracks : ELEVATOR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Chartreuse, drunk by wrong set, is object of a pirate’s dig? : TREASURE
2-down – It provides proof of ace group of detectives attending sports event : ACID
3-down – Female player’s cause : FACTOR
4-down – Soldier’s round embedded in battleaxe : DRAGOON
5-down – Director of 20, covering society : SCORSESE
6-down – Hidden optical faculty all used up? : OUTOFSIGHT
7-down – Opposition chiefly to bench aid was misplaced : SHADOW
13-down – See 8 : DETECTIVES
16-down – Domino cut by half-opened scissors, ones on the extreme right? : FASCISTS
18-down – At the end of the day, it’s viewed as wealth so wasted : LATESHOW
19-down – See 7 : CABINET
21-down – Rag Maureen immersed in stream : BEMOCK
22-down – Incomplete design made by baby’s feet? : PATTER
24-down – See 10 : TRAP
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.