This crossword No. 27997 clues and answers were published on Fri 06 Dec 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27997 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Pudding where we’d expect to see tea, it’s said : AFTERS
5-across – What some solicitors do on hearing a charge : ACCOST
8-across – Lady from Lisbon hears no evil : SENHORA
9-across – Most equable ladies regularly appearing in film : MILDEST
11-across – Putting self-portrait on display, bashfully : HANGINGONESHEAD
12-across – Skip university in pursuit of love : OMIT
13-across – Patriots withdrawing singular honour for Hollywood legend? : STANLAUREL
17-across – French madame and monsieur have words before ceremony : MARGUERITE
18-across – Boat from south Jersey or Guernsey? : SCOW
20-across – Gather where beaver’s seen and weather the storm : TAKEITONTHECHIN
23-across – Nurses treated current stabbing early in the day : SUNRISE
24-across – Sailor looking fatigued aboard, running back and forth : ONWARDS
25-across – Playwright once releasing book to be grabbed by males ready for casting? : MOLTEN
26-across – Judge from Spain comes across the wrong way : ESTEEM
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – One furnishes capital home with more elaborate fencing : FINANCIER
3-down – Allude to trapping beast coming up from foreign parts : EXOTIC
4-down – Take out child, heading off after school on vacation : SLAUGHTER
5-down – Democrat moving in to make changes for promoters : ADMEN
6-down – Merry monarch’s order for salad? : COLESLAW
7-down – Countryman to consider keeping wife and daughter apart : SWEDE
8-down – Young peers happily sharing a mistress? : SCHOOLMATES
10-down – Result of making mini bats for children’s game? : TIDDLYWINKS
14-down – Uneasy and unready to receive, getting out : NOTATHOME
15-down – Careers madly round house for something to put shirt on? : RACEHORSE
16-down – Breed of dog, one lean aggressive type : PUGILIST
19-down – Bird going up rubbish heap gets very little to eat : PEEWIT
21-down – Japanese art, complete with fine raised frame : KENDO
22-down – Eastern firm set up by an Indian, perhaps : OCEAN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.