This crossword No. 27899 clues and answers were published on Wed 14 Aug 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27899 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Oily charm from judge leaving meeting : UNCTION
5-across – Bethlehem visitors find retribution, returning with one change of direction : WISEMEN
9-across – X, mark probing new evidence of collision — get the law! : TENCOMMANDMENTS
10-across – Hear one welcoming woman : GRETA
11-across – One supporting and backing American composer : SUSTAINER
12-across – Unexpectedly arrived during tea, drunk on this? : TABLEWINE
14-across – Part of Africa has bounced back well, if intermittently : SAHEL
15-across – Russian bishop’s prayer not working : BORIS
16-across – Put into shape, because tangled : FORMATTED
18-across – Sort of personality: international Mars explorer has tons : INTROVERT
21-across – Brave but missing first chance : LUCKY
22-across – Pronounced sorrow with board game where finance dictates policy : DOLLARDIPLOMACY
23-across – Having no hope of fixing 24 : DESPAIR
24-across – Showed approval of 23 being freed : PRAISED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Nervous in court, cramped : UPTIGHT
2-down – Hypocritical speaker to cover least bad book : CANTERBURYTALES
3-down – Devotees, cricket match being over, not now on square : IDOLATERS
4-down – Roman city’s northern half taken over : NIMES
5-down – Turns to catch the sound of sudden change of air : WINDSHEAR
6-down – Succinct treatise from small religious community : SUMMA
7-down – Are they sent for if popes, say, act so strangely? : MENINWHITECOATS
8-down – Through this shortly I’ll snort horribly : NOSTRIL
13-down – Batting, force one senior man away from boundary : INFIELDER
14-down – Imitation marble is logical as could be : SCAGLIOLA
15-down – Deprived of sense, incorrectly bound to accept Liberal : BLINDED
17-down – Unmoved as grass has stained coat : DRYEYED
19-down – US city with no motorway? I am surprised : OMAHA
20-down – A little more drink for toasting new pet? : TOPUP
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.