This crossword No. 27156 clues and answers were published on Tue 28 Mar 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27156 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Offering to trick folk : DONATION
9-across – See 14 down : BERTHA
10-across – Cloth cap in a city is retro : ALPACA
12-across – Bed for us at rear of office, conserving holidays : ECOTOURS
13-across – Complain over nothing left for workers’ share : CAR
14-across – See 21 : BAILEY
16-across – Having answer, engage in attempt to win, losing in this programme? : GAMESHOW
17-across – Ahead of strike, navy issue coarse stuff : GROGRAM
20-across – Led soak to reform in office lunch? : ALDESKO
23-across – See 26 : INSTANCE
24-across – Handled shirt, covered in regular pattern all round : TITLED
26-across – Brief time made even briefer in power, say : FOR
27-across – Saturate with pressure before eating food : PERMEATE
28-across – Back in Derbyshire on Snake Pass? : ELAPSE
31-across – Only let out to act as senior servant : BUTTLE
32-across – For Armstrong, it’s Aldrin that takes the strain : COLANDER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 13 : POOL
2-down – Joke with a lady? : GAGA
3-down – Theft, once taxmen go in fast : PIRACY
4-down – Urged on wild bear : UNDERGO
5-down – Major in a law degree, not the usual : ABNORMAL
6-down – Starry trio after gold is on mad race : ORIONSBELT
7-down – As solver, sound hesitant to get into second-rate stuff : SHERLOCK
11-down – Sound stimulus for prince : PHI
14-down – For such artillery, protection at the front involves good earthwork : BIG
15-down – OK to run off with current partner : LEGITIMATE
18-down – Wield axe round repetitively rhymed lines : RONDEAUX
19-down – Toughened Queen of the French up : ANNEALED
21-down – Here many condemned medieval sort of bridge : OLD
22-down – About to leave submission for which counsel may argue : DEFENCE
24-down – Show fear, losing heart: stiff drink needed : TREBLE
25-down – See 11 : LIP
29-down – Face problems, any number intruding on one : ACNE
30-down – Check incomplete caste mark : STEM
This crossword has in total 34 where 16 are across and 18 are down.