This crossword No. 27742 clues and answers were published on Tue 12 Feb 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27742 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Present of diamonds possibly overwhelming doctor : SUBMIT
4-across – Songwriter’s welcoming party for French star : BARDOT
9-across – It’s not seen as a theoretical universal presence : DARK
10-across – A nut: with scarce bother, it’s shelled : CRUSTACEAN
11-across – Angelfish skirting East River : CHERUB
12-across – Increase closeness? Murmur ‘I would, if end of day’ : HUMIDIFY
13-across – PC element of academic releasing female for college : PROCESSOR
15-across – Resort to autumn retreat, having finished working : FALL
16-across – See 15 : BACK
17-across – Evolutionary gambles taken by male to reveal Darwin’s craft : HMSBEAGLE
21-across – Lacking capital, sweetheart? Robbery proceeds would make restoration : OVERHAUL
22-across – Surviving, once one is protected by explosive : EXTANT
24-across – Speechless Donald Trump’s inside, powerless and adrift without lead from business? : DUMBSTRUCK
25-across – See 15 : UPON
26-across – Rebel bookkeeping entry? : CONTRA
27-across – Main messenger coming to a fishy end : TRITON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Buster’s dish : SMASHER
2-down – Dispute, but not about gang member? : BIKER
3-down – Might you unconsciously be taken by this stylish new reporter on the Guardian? : INCUBUS
5-down – First-class maths problem that does not present a jolly wheeze : ASTHMA
6-down – Play for real? : DOCUDRAMA
7-down – Blubbery? Fat? Rule otherwise! : TEARFUL
8-down – Rubbish study, perhaps, about flashy aftermath of explosion? : MUSHROOMCLOUD
14-down – Macho singer’s key indicator of Mozart work in con brio rendition : COCKROBIN
16-down – Temporary camp pen holding very orthodox union activist leaders : BIVOUAC
18-down – Wave from food producer going round about : BREAKER
19-down – Old leader’s sort of green : LINCOLN
20-down – See 9 : MATTER
23-down – West Country town not about to have a dig : TAUNT
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.