This crossword No. 27109 clues and answers were published on Wed 01 Feb 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27109 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Caution pensioner finally to stop shrinking : WARNING
5-across – Postholder stitched up by criminal : MAILBAG
9-across – Was angry Bolshevik accepting silver? : RAGED
10-across – One gambling nothing leaves in a more favourable position : BETTEROFF
11-across – Portrait of Len? : HALFLENGTH
12-across – Feigns current case of tinnitus : ACTS
14-across – Painting Dog & Duck after a choir’s rampage : CHIAROSCURO
18-across – Right-wing Mad Hatter ethic : THATCHERITE
21-across – Impressive record leads to impressive career : EPIC
22-across – Vacuous people ran into party and put Stones on : PEBBLEDASH
25-across – Fat cat Spooner’s copies of Playboy : MONEYBAGS
26-across – Removing jacket, runs in tights in summer : ADDER
27-across – Police search rock garden, then chicken shed : DRAGNET
28-across – Imperfect start hampering Kay and the rest : SKETCHY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Somebody in trouble over your past : WORTHY
2-down – Generously provide claret, perhaps leaving Edwin with wind : REGALE
3-down – Tastelessness of cod Iceland found in Arctic : INDELICACY
4-down – Yak trampling outskirts of Orpington, home to some West Africans : GABON
5-down – Came across a sailor, oddly skin and bones : METATARSI
6-down – Middle of month in Rome, ie time to go : IDES
7-down – Toiling over brunch, finally gets bit of a breather : BRONCHUS
8-down – Fights construction work in present place : GIFTSHOP
13-down – State judge going after buffoon and First Lady : ASSEVERATE
15-down – Clumsy fine leg anticipating catch : INELEGANT
16-down – Continuously played on computer, like many schoolkids : STREAMED
17-down – Article supporting new echidna farm : HACIENDA
19-down – Strip the fuzz from the bottom of a poet : BARDIC
20-down – Ruddy guerrilla leader on right lines : CHERRY
23-down – Fundament of individual bitten by fish : BASIS
24-down – Honeymoon shot of a certain old love in Jerusalem? : HYMN
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.