This crossword No. 27116 clues and answers were published on Thu 09 Feb 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27116 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Daughter in request to have nightie : BEDGOWN
5-across – Follow clothing model’s size problem : OBESITY
10-across – Pass one soft drink : COLA
11-across – Plot ousting Allende ultimately transformed Chile? He defended Reds’ goal : SCHMEICHEL
12-across – Front of tabloid magazine’s web : TISSUE
13-across – European leader having retired, like Louis XVI : BEHEADED
14-across – Somewhat bombastic ass and rather a doom-monger : CASSANDRA
16-across – Clean river around Kent area? : RINSE
17-across – Girl’s or French man’s clothes : JEANS
19-across – Rock to hit sheltering bug or insect : TIGERMOTH
23-across – Ambassador has a fling in get-away location : HEATHROW
24-across – Prance around, always following band : SASHAY
26-across – Orchestral passage left in dancing reel intro : RITORNELLE
27-across – Fabled warrior’s club : AJAX
28-across – Monarch totally disheartened after politician creates free state : LIBERTY
29-across – Team heading for extra time in some distress : ANXIETY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Stirring material, Mozart’s finale in symphony : EROTICA
3-down – Novelist from Greece New Yorker’s behind : GRASS
4-down – Rest freely in city like 3, 10, 17, 22 and 28? : WESTERN
6-down – Biographer lacking content on real playwright : BRECHT
7-down – Very large revolutionary claim is constructed — by this theory? : SOCIALISM
8-down – Ancient hero outside of Seattle in America : THESEUS
9-down – Hilbert working with all new element of long division : THEBERLINWALL
15-down – Stars smoke cannabis around queen in feverish condition : SUNSTROKE
18-down – People honourably discharged from service merit indulgence : EMERITI
20-down – Spring festival given name like 6, 7, 21s and the 25? : EASTERN
21-down – Bishop drawing up, with worker’s car : TRABANT
22-down – Willy starts to become relaxed after nine double tequilas : BRANDT
25-down – Mostly inactive state police : STASI
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.