This crossword No. 27977 clues and answers were published on Wed 13 Nov 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27977 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Provider of charge account, cocaine addict : ACCUSER
5-across – Wrongly label title with the French equivalent : MISTERM
9-across – Content, round figure with right clothes : TENOR
10-across – Clownish entertainer to produce a ball in party kit : PUNCHBOWL
11-across – Grouse stew a strong, rancid dish : BEEFSTROGANOFF
13-across – Tea from China : MATE
14-across – Tour 9 runs, one moving with the speed of light? : NEUTRINO
17-across – Little pieces of iron dinosaur swallows : RONDINOS
18-across – Black stuff that could be blue : SMUT
21-across – One unable to make a killing getting fired? : BLANKCARTRIDGE
23-across – Awfully bad lover hugs you the French way : BOULEVARD
24-across – Mark looked older, it’s said : GRADE
25-across – Car models, including carbon copies : ECTYPES
26-across – What overzealous Remainers do to expose support : OUTSTAY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Aperitif taken out of case for wine : ASTI
2-down – Politician submitted good bill last month, one fit for Congress : CONSENTINGADULT
3-down – King in female clothing, which may be short? : SHRIFT
4-down – Standing up, tree collapsed : REPUTE
5-down – Spooner’s Chinese spies showing means to go underground : MANHOLES
6-down – Too much emotion in school dance has head spinning : SCHMALTZ
7-down – A riot commencing somehow, an irritation for nationalists : ECONOMICMIGRANT
8-down – Vans kind fellow left in ditches : MILKFLOATS
12-down – Tall child misbehaving with Nick Sharp : IMPROBABLE
15-down – I want to be seduced — it’s stimulating! : PICKMEUP
16-down – Votes against saving old pile of cash for the present : NOWADAYS
19-down – Bookish American must leave — that’s flat! : STUDIO
20-down – Right out of the cooler, thief’s beginning to show unease : FIDGET
22-down – Bachelor’s left with lots of ale and rum : EERY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.