This crossword No. 27007 clues and answers were published on Wed 05 Oct 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27007 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Ultimately deficient stock gets one worker begging : SUPPLIANT
6-across – Huge online artwork? : EPIC
10-across – Lightweight directors from company set it back : COXES
11-across – Move family’s boundary marker : TOUCHLINE
12-across – Bad soldier stops officer in charge retiring — it doesn’t make sense : ILLOGIC
13-across – Axe short tree trunk, one overshadowed by tree : ABOLISH
14-across – Commonly a chain letter — I define it differently : THEINDEFINITE
17-across – Opportunists, possibly, those grasping Persians : CARPETBAGGERS
21-across – Matched question put in to worry journalist : EQUATED
22-across – Immovable barrier straddled by a six-footer : ADAMANT
24-across – Broadcast appears over and over again : SOAPOPERA
25-across – Villain in white van keeps coming round : KNAVE
26-across – Welsh representation in Midlands town : LEEK
27-across – A gem of a game? : SOLITAIRE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Hearts lost to Jesus in, for example, part of church : SACRISTY
2-down – Climbing record broken by English team — small picture feature : PIXEL
3-down – Victims of WW1 the result of power station closure? : LOSTGENERATION
4-down – See 14 : ARTICLE
5-down – Destructive force moving mountains? No, no! : TSUNAMI
7-down – Holy Joe restricting foul crone’s base benefit : PRIVILEGE
8-down – Declared source of funding for EU members : CZECHS
9-down – Recording to cover item put on by gents after game : SHOOTINGJACKET
15-down – Support train loses time taking 100 aboard : ENCOURAGE
16-down – Weariest jockeys, in a way : ASITWERE
18-down – Constant truncated, presumably : ENDLESS
19-down – This may bore lawman caught up in affray : BRADAWL
20-down – Such words are equivocal, as wife takes stand : WEASEL
23-down – Wartime show mounted to conceal a fiddle : AMATI
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.