This crossword No. 27636 clues and answers were published on Wed 10 Oct 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27636 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Pilot who dreams where some pigeons are heading? : HOMEWARDS
6-across – See 24 : GAME
8-across – Dispatch a group of ordinary people across Costa Rica : ALACRITY
9-across – Traveller makes tracks round Arab state : ROMANY
10-across – Jack hopes to work for old carpenter : JOSEPH
11-across – Washington’s sidekick nearly fools poet : HAMILTON
12-across – Backing group snaffled your drink once! : TETHYS
15-across – Odds on 26 papers like the Globe : SPHEROID
16-across – Small old coin cracks desirable mirror : SPECULUM
19-across – Wife killed nursing king’s evil : WICKED
21-across – Lapp cut stats about unknown secret publishing : SAMIZDAT
22-across – Soprano cast agree about is fat : GREASE
24-across – Every year top performance pulls in crowd for musical : PAJAMA
25-across – Song about working is set on a pedestal : LIONISED
26-across – Star in Fiddler on the Roof : HERO
27-across – Sailor shrouded in faint glow at night : STARLIGHT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – I’m surprised leading couple quit play : HELLO
2-down – US subject accepts Queen’s Award for Drama : MACBETH
3-down – Lift rug running round European hotel : WEIGH
4-down – Poems lack energy describing mother’s heart beats : RHYTHMS
5-down – Playwright collecting villain’s carving : SCRIMSHAW
6-down – German thriller writer’s better : GAMBLER
7-down – Crew perform on string instrument : MANDOLINE
13-down – Where to take in salty air and a sleep, possibly : ESPLANADE
14-down – Talks about a son and daughter’s early years : SALADDAYS
17-down – Marx brother tours a grand city : CHICAGO
18-down – Girl landed up in control of parents : MATILDA
20-down – Revolutionary faction like some tobacco : CHEWING
22-down – Develop primarily loud threatening sound : GROWL
23-down – Rising river swamps women’s course : SWEET
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.