This crossword No. 27086 clues and answers were published on Thu 05 Jan 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27086 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Whale hump nursed by princess : BELUGA
4-across – All to play for, with raise to pocket : JACKPOT
9-across – A Winter’s Tale character is absent — a mistake? : SEBASTIAN
10-across – A Winter’s Tale character with perfect stuff about : MARIA
11-across – A Winter’s Tale character’s endless rot : FESTE
12-across – A Winter’s Tale character showing nerve after illness : AGUECHEEK
13-across – Woman acting as boy, character shortly bagging a duke : LADETTE
15-across – Mitigate rebuke, say? : LESSEN
17-across – Crank has to perform with water regulator : WEIRDO
19-across – Gorge in middle of Yeovil, a tree ruined : OVEREAT
22-across – nfinit? : LIMITLESS
24-across – Food reliable, though not starter : TABLE
26-across – A Winter’s Tale character one’s played : VIOLA
27-across – Breaking record, work returned is for state capital : ANNAPOLIS
28-across – A Winter’s Tale character I love after soon rescuing protagonist at the end : ANTONIO
29-across – A little stout, a handsome statesman? : UTAHAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – One shy of seven? : BASHFUL
2-down – Rounded parts of spheres, no apex : LOBES
3-down – Warming device one’s tucking into slit? : GASHEATER
4-down – A bloomer, one abandoning ally and old writer, virtually : JONQUIL
5-down – Kindness ultimately lacking in vast wit : COMIC
6-down – Salesman’s turned up, very difficult to continue : PERSEVERE
7-down – Time frames for courses : TRACKS
8-down – Copy Greek character has to tear up : PIRATE
14-down – Beauty cheers up after more bad breaks : DREAMBOAT
16-down – Roughly two steps around base of device, best point of contact : SWEETSPOT
18-down – Old Shakespearean wino denied victory — this to add flavour? : OREGANO
19-down – A Winter’s Tale character caught up in passion is romantic : ORSINO
20-down – Act of betrayal in the end, lost cause : TREASON
21-down – A Winter’s Tale character in the midst of hoax, raging briefly : OLIVIA
23-down – 26 or 9 inspiring a writer : TWAIN
25-down – A Winter’s Tale character to discharge : BELCH
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.