This crossword No. 27891 clues and answers were published on Mon 05 Aug 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27891 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Thoughtful writers I have to follow : PENSIVE
5-across – Leave the ground: why I have to use the stairs? : LIFTOFF
10-across – Also about to seize island : TOBAGO
11-across – This has one in mansion tossing and turning : INSOMNIA
12-across – Delay girl’s return : LAG
13-across – Religious leader you once made into cartoon character : POPEYE
14-across – Stockpiling a large display board : HOARDING
15-across – From fancy niche one takes a jaundiced view : CYNIC
16-across – Incompatible ingredients in strong spirit : FIREWATER
19-across – Prepare to forge currency : MAKEREADY
21-across – Daughter finished the port : DOVER
24-across – Sharp replies to stories circulating about parking : RIPOSTES
26-across – An upper-class girl? A girl : ANGELA
27-across – The high point of a Devon holiday : TOR
28-across – Just this big? Not any more : NOLONGER
29-across – Supports holding large implement : PLIERS
30-across – Insult a political organisation in speech : AFFRONT
31-across – One inactive as supporter of the railway : SLEEPER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Prudent management shows class of airline : ECONOMY
3-down – Period one could see as emptier : SPARETIME
4-down – Flower — love it to bits : VIOLET
6-down – Emphatically how contract may be reached : INSPADES
7-down – Swollen stomach: girl’s knocked up : TUMID
8-down – Pottery smashed by fiancee : FAIENCE
9-down – Unsightly dirt spread by producers of consumer goods : LIGHTINDUSTRY
17-down – Hypotenuse is close : ALONGSIDE
18-down – A regular figure in defence of America : PENTAGON
20-down – Small reduction is unfair : ABITOFF
22-down – General change is swell : ENLARGE
23-down – In fish, a length of bone : CARPAL
25-down – Old and sullen by repute : ODOUR
This crossword has in total 31 where 18 are across and 13 are down.