This crossword No. 27122 clues and answers were published on Thu 16 Feb 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27122 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Dark pitch masking blemish : SWARTHY
5-across – Two low grades in remarkable performance as undergraduate? : STUDENT
10-across – One by the side of the road, drinker boozily guzzles : KERB
11-across – Diet has the expected result, one overcome by expression of sorrow : PARLIAMENT
12-across – Alien after map to find Earth, perhaps? : PLANET
13-across – Voice encapsulating almost everything as US author : SALINGER
14-across – Conclusion to Father Ted recalled by thespian critic : DETRACTOR
16-across – Message for all to endorse in plump Christmas bird : ROUND
17-across – Sudden jerk, head on mattress touching springs : SPASM
19-across – Boring, excruciating test in filling? : DENTISTRY
23-across – Leave queen to scrub rear, splashing around in the tub : BEQUEATH
24-across – See 26 : POLICE
26-across – If cheap clothes on, I suspect, cops primarily sent out? : THEFASHION
27-across – One in a suit, clobber for the association : CLUB
28-across – Penalty shot to spare : APLENTY
29-across – Out at sea : STUMPED
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Balancing act — sewiously? : WHEELIE
3-down – See 16 : ROBIN
4-down – Epic hat designed for livery? : HEPATIC
6-down – Going round the twist prematurely, it’s casually suggested? : TWIRLY
7-down – Authorities swindle underdogs : DOMINIONS
8-down – Senior lady cutting fabric : NANKEEN
9-down – Bars in house however extremely loose: order locks : BRUSHONESHAIR
15-down – Again arrange upset boxes she jumbled up : RESHUFFLE
18-down – Is he about to prick cases in specialist bakery? : PIESHOP
20-down – Bird underneath cup lifted in style overhead : TOPKNOT
21-down – Hermit — as regards one of these, solitude initially welcomed? : RECLUSE
22-down – Fishtails in sausage meat for dog : BASSET
25-down – Knock over pass, I’m not sure for the substitute : LOCUM
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.