This crossword No. 27143 clues and answers were published on Mon 13 Mar 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27143 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Middle-aged English travel writer : CHAUCER
5-across – Anything but widespread agreement : COMPACT
9-across – Not above using two foreign articles : UNDER
10-across – Bribe a cricket side — or just one fielder : SQUARELEG
11-across – Vow to re-write scene or act : CONSECRATE
12-across – News cut short : INFO
14-across – This jumper rides up : PARACHUTIST
18-across – It assists the diver to go up rather than down : SPRINGBOARD
21-across – Lean nurse : TEND
22-across – Assignment requiring a number and place : ALLOCATION
25-across – Face lift? : ELEVATION
26-across – Short pants : GASPS
27-across – Greek letter varies in slope : EPSILON
28-across – Gemstone dealer, maybe, holds a number : EMERALD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Where one may join the services : CHURCH
2-down – Study painting externally, being passionate : ARDENT
3-down – Agree to write? : CORRESPOND
4-down – Revolting individual seen in flight : RISER
5-down – A class made up of hard cases? : CRUSTACEA
6-down – Mother gets about on a horse : MARE
7-down – Cat-o’-nine-tails remarkably noiseless in the ocean : ATLANTIC
8-down – They’re not static water towers : TUGBOATS
13-down – Prison dispute heard in courtyard : QUADRANGLE
15-down – A wildcat rising? : REBELLION
16-down – Wear ties knotted oddly, so to speak : ASITWERE
17-down – A royal in Canadian capital surrounded by the crowd : PRINCESS
19-down – Feast set out around Italian capital in celebration : FIESTA
20-down – Remaining mint : UNUSED
23-down – Cat to jump off piano : OUNCE
24-down – Complain when one gets involved in law : WAIL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.