This crossword No. 27331 clues and answers were published on Wed 18 Oct 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27331 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – During audition, amateur is most uninteresting : TAMEST
4-across – Husband put in place, wandering in religious venue : CHAPEL
9-across – Coarseness makes stomachs turn : SMUT
10-across – Island lacking a clergyman : MINORCANON
11-across – Clergyman keeps setter humble : DEMEAN
12-across – Inscrutable Tories assembled in the City : ESOTERIC
13-across – Priest’s crime taking time in a clerical residence : PARSONAGE
15-across – Goddess makes man exist : HEBE
16-across – Mammoth’s initially grey in colour : HUGE
17-across – Argue over remedy for an aching tooth : HAVEITOUT
21-across – Is it a rum cocktail that’s sweet? : TIRAMISU
22-across – Moans about time in places of interest : SIGHTS
24-across – Virtuoso keeps old-fashioned duke on friendly terms : ACQUAINTED
25-across – Dehydrated in the Kalahari Desert : ARID
26-across – Most of the elite found in ancient Egypt : THEBES
27-across – Study the odds before broadcast : SPREAD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Tone down a painter’s medium : TEMPERA
2-down – Distance Tory leader goes into pond : METRE
3-down – Author of People In Israel : SIMENON
5-down – Hospital appears on direction indicator in London : HARROW
6-down – Exercise about to strengthen soldiers’ disposition : PLACEMENT
7-down – A long time in the business of a beastly king : LEONINE
8-down – Student’s oddly guarded nature : UNDERGRADUATE
14-down – Endorsement for Sicilian leaders’ good temperament : SIGNATURE
16-down – Husband’s manner stung? That’s distressing? : HAIRCUT
18-down – Player paused awkwardly and slowed down : EASEDUP
19-down – Peacekeepers heard but not yet proven : UNTRIED
20-down – Theologian to have main meal about six : DIVINE
23-down – German party is subdued : GRAVE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.