This crossword No. 27485 clues and answers were published on Tue 17 Apr 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27485 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Criminal boss — the first one died violently : BADDIE
4-across – Gang joined by Italian-American stripper? : MOBIUS
9-across – Call to stop lying in new hoax : WHOA
10-across – Helping or turning back detective taken in by this criminal racket : PROTECTION
11-across – Tomorrow, exchange money for Bahamas’ foremost fruit : BANANA
12-across – Hunters, winging it in battered deerstalkers, dare to go out : KESTRELS
13-across – Part of gun detective loses points to a Scandinavian location : STOCKHOLM
15-across – Eat into racket with threats at its core : DINE
16-across – Fight roughly, getting head knocked off : BOUT
17-across – After a dispute, subdue with sweetener : ASPARTAME
21-across – Fixed charge for flycatcher : FLATBILL
22-across – Of late, wrong to demand with menaces : EXTORT
24-across – Here in Ohio, crime reported twice : CINCINNATI
25-across – Sarcasm not unknown as a weapon in the US : IRON
26-across – Detective on racket: It’s fishy : SCAMPI
27-across – Deal with body of crime writer : HANDLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Recite Farewell, My Lovely from memory : BYHEART
2-down – US lawman conceals memory of tragedy? : DRAMA
3-down – If man performs evil acts, charge him — leaders included : IMPEACH
5-down – Menacing suggestion: loser beaten up with rifle butt : ORELSE
6-down – Prohibition: having three in charge : INTERDICT
7-down – Pole lifted stolen goods — that’s an informer : STOOLIE
8-down – Examine local yokels — to put through the wringer : LOOKCLOSELYAT
14-down – 26 perhaps the result of acid attack on hotshot in California : CRUSTACEA
16-down – Criminal libel: US thugs : BULLIES
18-down – Where organised crime penetrated society that rejected drink : AMERICA
19-down – Tough guy who investigated more lawbreaking : MARLOWE
20-down – Not exactly The Big Sleep, taking DNA in abduction case : KIDNAP
23-down – Gang gets time over botched raid : TRIAD
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.