This crossword No. 27060 clues and answers were published on Tue 06 Dec 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27060 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Citizen’s cross leaving prison : BRITON
4-across – Orator condemned coercion on being rejected : CICERO
9-across – Regular sections of toughened moulding : OGEE
10-across – Forsyte heroine puts off cutting out article for Iris : FLEURDELYS
11-across – Scot’s cross, forgetting large work by Martial : SATIRE
12-across – Army’s misled about new German vessel’s flaw : ANEURYSM
13-across – A brave chap gutted about old Greek commander : AGAMEMNON
15-across – Guy, for one, saves time : STAY
16-across – Violinist’s first quartet offers list of options : MENU
17-across – Kinky top, say, and liquid diet for goddess : APHRODITE
21-across – Try collecting flyers suitable for Banksy work? : GRAFFITO
22-across – Poet reverses vehicle into garden : HORACE
24-across – CIA spies trained to guard old American stars : CASSIOPEIA
25-across – Censor and tenacious orator originally : CATO
26-across – Passes out note in special courts : SWOONS
27-across – Lover of 17 lives next door to a lecturer : ADONIS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Successful fringe the start of our expansion? : BIGBANG
2-down – Twice nightly? That’s more than enough for old people : ICENI
3-down – Heading the wrong way? Kill headlight : OFFBEAM
5-down – One king’s revolting state : ISRAEL
6-down – Former journalist covering case couldn’t stand : EXECRATED
7-down – Poem about Ulysses essentially at end of Troy : ODYSSEY
8-down – Prophet grasping complex metaphor is transformed : METAMORPHOSES
14-down – Obvious hole in mission statement : MANIFESTO
16-down – Bunch of careless dairymaids knocked over lots : MYRIADS
18-down – Man coming in behind Democrat tried again : REHEARD
19-down – Historian of The Quiet American? : TACITUS
20-down – Citizen of Crete and other island bans Catholic : MINOAN
23-down – Banks avoid costing toxic compound : RICIN
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.