This crossword No. 27912 clues and answers were published on Thu 29 Aug 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27912 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Current takes rook circling wood : IROKO
10-across – In the habit of being beaten? : CLOBBERED
11-across – Storing spades and hose : STOCKINGS
12-across – Supporter making one smile : IBEAM
13-across – Approval of hair arrangement, involving initially uncut diamonds : PLAUDIT
15-across – Look happy to get solution to clue over : LIGHTUP
17-across – Fool around near Gulf : ABYSS
18-across – M1’s gender-specific crew : MAN
20-across – In Mexico, the inclination for a bender : ELBOW
22-across – Old lover, smooth, fast mover : EXPRESS
25-across – Isolated figure to expose ‘fake news king’ : OUTLIER
26-across – Desire for drink? No way, given day and position : THIRD
27-across – Rare moth flitting round home in Yorkshire town : ROTHERHAM
30-across – Descriptive of a kind of monster novelist: the Old Devil, for a start : GREENEYED
31-across – That’s a surprise celebrity : GLORY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – They take in sarcastic comments : DIGS
2-down – Working without pay? ‘Oh, flipping no!’, Rex and Ray snapped : HONORARY
3-down – Decrepit old thing fails to start music : ROCK
4-down – Exercised caution with Mike’s poisonous plant : ACONITUM
5-down – Gold Coast’s heart and soul freely accepts new government envoy : CONSUL
6-down – Not everything that was written about game bird by conservation body : ABRIDGMENT
7-down – Determine position of Imbruglia’s top ten hit, led by Gold : ORIENT
8-down – An occupier of Eden Avenue’s main block : ADAM
13-down – Unsettle sound stage : PHASE
14-down – Part of a line of harmonic accompaniment about to stop : DESCENDANT
16-down – Might have an obligation to reside in Porbandar’s outskirts : POWER
19-down – Diet no-no, munched at this time of day? : NOONTIDE
21-down – City’s bishop about to restrict those with conservative views : BRIGHTON
23-down – Bush needs fix under pressure : PRIVET
24-down – Poor Cats actor finally gets dressed in old corsets : STRAYS
26-down – African country’s version of takeaway : TOGO
28-down – Bite lip : EDGE
29-down – Old people blossom with one : MAYA
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.