This crossword No. 27002 clues and answers were published on Thu 29 Sep 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27002 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – See 24 : JUNIORS
5-across – Most adequate unit of current, just in case : AMPLEST
9-across – Base including second home : ROOST
10-across – True to form, runner put on old coat, perhaps? : OUTERWEAR
11-across – See 18 : SOLDIERSPY
12-across – See 19 : BULL
14-across – A flavour eating donkey, part braised : ALACASSEROLE
18-across – 8 unmasking red, risky operation still : TINKERTAILOR
21-across – One’s despicable list : HEEL
22-across – Well, what might have me beatified? : MYGOODNESS
25-across – One isn’t a worker behind party issue : CONSONANT
26-across – Mission accomplished, like another military operation on all fronts : ALAMO
27-across – Both journeys on a return ticket to remote location : OUTBACK
28-across – Factor when last in race, fast catching me : ELEMENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Barely covering the fundamentals of rules, insufficient for legal expert : JURIST
2-down – Nut pasta : NOODLE
3-down – Baseball player shot due to rifle : OUTFIELDER
4-down – Bottom of charts, not very good track : SPOOR
5-down – For the future then? Yours truly, for starters : ANTIPASTI
6-down – See 16 : PARK
7-down – Will official survive in the end, after old court restructured? : EXECUTOR
8-down – Tail of nuthatch in bird book : THRILLER
13-down – Flash speed not good enough : SECONDRATE
15-down – Old vessel, ship under contract, originally transporting yarn swiftly : CUTTYSARK
16-down – Irritating devil, perhaps, penning average score for 1960s’ song : ITCHYCOO
17-down – Source of information in the Times about bird : INTERNET
19-down – Be brave at first in bending the rule of law in advance notice of possible charges? : BEWARE
20-down – Lead key or bolt, ultimately : ESCORT
23-down – See 19 : OFTHE
24-down – Soccer team from Louisiana, one beset by yobs : BOCA
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.