This crossword No. 27386 clues and answers were published on Thu 21 Dec 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27386 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
4-across – Senior officer I covered with dirt-like slimy stuff : MUCOID
6-across – Hybrid child receiving letter from Athens : MINOTAUR
9-across – Want the French to be annoying : NEEDLE
10-across – Is like running water, infiltrating bogus food item : FISHCAKE
11-across – Musician to make off with most of capital : RAVISHANKAR
15-across – Not beginning to flag pain : ANGUISH
17-across – Get rid of bouncer and hawker : ROOTOUT
18-across – Time to wake up, accepting Flynn’s cross-dressing persona : TROUSERROLE
22-across – Put at risk, adopting a system of measurement : IMPERIAL
23-across – Half of hair lotion put around part of London : BALHAM
24-across – Very devout, hot and reportedly sour : HASSIDIC
25-across – Socialist revolutionary eating pub lunch : DINNER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Rising operettist excising an intestinal growth : VILLUS
2-down – They expose limbs, given sweets — is drink included? : MINISKIRTS
3-down – Womaniser reluctant to go to a South American city … : LOTHARIO
4-down – … or mental : MONTREAL
5-down – Gap between outstanding features of holiday mostly in prison : CLEAVAGE
7-down – A vote for German 10, or Greek hero : AJAX
8-down – Dance to cast a lustful eye over : REEL
12-down – Colourless church with scent outside : ACHROMATIC
13-down – Work hard to penetrate punctuation mark by which publisher may be recognised : COLOPHON
14-down – Radish top getting into cooking vessel results in severe cold : STREAMER
16-down – Pause for popular insect with no bottom : INTERMIT
19-down – I adore getting drunk with member of band’s crew : ROADIE
20-down – Old friends bringing equipment to hospital : KITH
21-down – Aquatic animal losing month’s work : OPUS
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.