This crossword No. 27469 clues and answers were published on Thu 29 Mar 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27469 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Cut, but not polished, when suggested? : ROUGHHEWN
10-across – English invading prosperous foreign state : REICH
11-across – 10 caught during escape don’t count : EXCLUDE
12-across – Keels over, having striven in conflict : INVERTS
13-across – Remarkably old theologian disheartened laity : ODDLY
14-across – Brave comic ultimately loses interest in script : WITHSTAND
16-across – Recondite manoeuvres protecting two hospital departments in secure housing : DETENTIONCENTRE
19-across – What’s put out for famous moggy, perhaps on Yorks coast? : REDCARPET
21-across – Bond’s partner formerly occupying Students’ Union : NEXUS
22-across – Person striving to keep motorways in better condition : TRIMMER
23-across – Husband’s lacking in flair — a cure-all’s offered : PANACEA
24-across – Manufacturer of cars, many with posh interior : LOTUS
25-across – Tsar’s necessary after turn of century and easily dealt with : NOTROUBLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Case supporting idle property owner : FREEHOLDER
2-down – White rebel is obliged to guards : MUSCADET
3-down – It’s said capacious hanky’s needed, if you’re like this : RHEUMY
4-down – Had a life before wife turned up : WERE
5-down – Confused detective hampered by gut reaction : INDISTINCT
6-down – Cleric appearing on donkey in church causes deep division : CREVASSE
7-down – I stray off course in South American mountains : SIERRA
8-down – So close, having swopped ends : THUS
14-down – After fancy exercises, band’s sobbing quietly : WHIMPERING
15-down – Confirmed nickname for Edward, the ocean sailor? : DEEPSEATED
17-down – Complex seminars not quite hitting the mark : NEARMISS
18-down – Charge imposed on a variety of basic commercial vehicles : TAXICABS
20-down – Particular Democrat isn’t first to yield : DAINTY
21-down – Sergeant, say, getting up one day full of himself? : NONCOM
22-down – Son’s leaving even now to work in field : TILL
23-down – Course of action at entering pub? : PATH
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.