This crossword No. 27748 clues and answers were published on Tue 19 Feb 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27748 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Scenes of ecstasy in boozers : LOCALES
5-across – Hardy character on Tube briefly welcoming woman : HOSTESS
9-across – Stalk Spanish hero, returning after exercises : PEDICLE
10-across – Composer dismissing Vivaldi’s first quintet in B : BORODIN
11-across – Rambling tirade on single point : ITINERANT
12-across – Enduring shock waves : PERMS
13-across – Fit cook gutting halibut : RIGHT
15-across – Arachne admires Cape Wrath : IRATENESS
17-across – Before taking off partner’s clothes, firstly extinguish flash lamp : PREFLIGHT
19-across – Temporary work welcomed by young boxer? : POPUP
22-across – Subsequently float the ark on a regular basis : LATER
23-across – Broadcast in support of scandal involving dad : PROPAGATE
25-across – Despicable, glib neo-liberal : IGNOBLE
26-across – Touch parts of mouth and of eye socket : ORBITAL
27-across – Disaster outraged young nurses : TRAGEDY
28-across – Met chap who works on the railways? : YARDMAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Quiet seaside walk to south of Long Island, more than fresh! : LIPPIER
2-down – Dictator’s pampering young swimmer : CODLING
3-down – Oddly shun clout, career and money : LUCRE
4-down – Watches a fly going this way and that : SEESAWING
5-down – Inwardly shy baby with quirk : HABIT
6-down – Half-heartedly approaches rotting pile of rubbish : SCRAPHEAP
7-down – Extremity or side, not middle or back : ENDORSE
8-down – Eighth of dentists busy with small cavities : SINUSES
14-down – Mediocre, desolate bunch turned up with empty luggage : TOLERABLE
16-down – Branch of science applied to masonry : ASTRONOMY
17-down – One predicting future of maverick A-list MP : PALMIST
18-down – Toes in a revolting state : ESTONIA
20-down – Elephant ominously circling ghostly figure : PHANTOM
21-down – In advance, arrange schoolwork on computer network : PREPLAN
23-down – Shame about me ignoring male devotion : PIETY
24-down – Retired doctors upset about cautionary sign : AMBER
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.