This crossword No. 27015 clues and answers were published on Fri 14 Oct 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27015 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Cast in 10 officers : POLICE
5-across – Felon with power abused imperial crown : CRIMINAL
9-across – The mind of a sincere Brummie : CEREBRUM
10-across – Courteous and quiet Eliot composition can make poet almost ill and another inflamed within : POLITE
11-across – Come to judge brute briefly infiltrating our chaps in action : HABEASCORPUS
13-across – Articulation that is ultimately quick on the uptake and keen to change : KNEE
14-across – Section of the nursery where tennis players sleep? : SEEDBEDS
17-across – Culottes Lafayette pulled up somewhat too tight, hence his voice : FALSETTO
18-across – Tall island pine : LONG
20-across – Miss aromatic stew in food supplies : COMMISSARIAT
23-across – Looking for some cannabis, troublemaker orbits restaurant : BISTRO
24-across – All-nite dancing? Count on it : ENTIRELY
25-across – Became aware of Beryl unclothed at the metal works : SMELTERY
26-across – Women’s trouble : MALADY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Sign of fish found swimming upstream : OMEN
3-down – Rotten cheese? It’s found in Greenland : ICESHEETS
4-down – Cover provided, if born and raised within Eurozone borders : ENROBE
5-down – Olympic season at variance with feeling : COMPASSIONATELY
6-down – Devil played a role and got stuck : IMPACTED
7-down – Stepford wife takes her top off and reveals bum : IDLER
8-down – With regard to finance, capital loss is staggering : ASTOUNDING
12-down – Opposition to most angina treatment : ANTAGONISM
15-down – Dined with artist, bill’s covered for both parties : BILATERAL
16-down – Starting over, the ophthalmic surgeons manage to get the wrong instrument! : OTOSCOPE
19-down – Martyr men : VICTIM
21-down – A place to stay in a remote location : MOTEL
22-down – Slowly shift PC and get Apple, good but oddly deficient : PLOD
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.