This crossword No. 27024 clues and answers were published on Tue 25 Oct 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27024 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Outlook favouring English players : FORECAST
5-across – Sheet music goes down well : SCORES
9-across – Take up team oddly lacking support : EMBRACE
10-across – Ritual shave’s baffling to nurse : TONSURE
11-across – Volume in well down by 50% : HALVE
12-across – Friend introducing a baroque choir with limited range : PAROCHIAL
13-across – Knock back drink by bar : COUNTERPUNCH
17-across – Promises have produced too much stress : OVEREMPHASIS
20-across – Port is situated to the west in exotic realm : MARSEILLE
22-across – Very strong, but not in past or present, say : TENSE
23-across – Leaked info set back work during disputes : TIPOFFS
24-across – Slipping off at an angle, with initial change of direction : ELOPING
25-across – Type of pet that needs brushing twice a day? : CANINE
26-across – Second murder results in police surveillance : STAKEOUT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Stout little person retiring, retiring : FLESHY
2-down – Canon, hampering a couple of bishops, remains : RUBBLE
3-down – With investment of time, this escort could start a book : CHAPERONE
4-down – If you’re on them, you should get off! : SLEEPINGPILLS
6-down – Sceptic close to army blocks top officer’s rise : CYNIC
7-down – Queen Bess rejected marriage — small family do’s the result : REUNIONS
8-down – Covert socialist, extremely rich, in want of a wife : STEALTHY
10-down – Meeting up, they’d never eat nuts : THREEDAYEVENT
14-down – Dad employed to collect Ford’s model car’s treated surfaces : PAINTWORK
15-down – Assertive mother, under 25, reviewed detailed quote : DOGMATIC
16-down – Creature taking to water close to township in country : TERRAPIN
18-down – Blind I got partly to provide shade : INDIGO
19-down – Hard cube’s dimension : HEIGHT
21-down – Delicate fellow swamped by rising river : ELFIN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.