This crossword No. 27276 clues and answers were published on Tue 15 Aug 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27276 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Svelte supermodel turning 51, previously : LISSOM
5-across – Unfinished request to get reflux set in stone : PEBBLE
8-across – Policy changes party leader welcomed as improvements : UPTURNS
9-across – Salad’s defect incurs punishment, going west : WALDORF
11-across – Fenland hero’s English dessert — muscle coated with fish : HEREWARDTHEWAKE
12-across – Respite during cellulite reversal : LULL
13-across – Caper about, leg bone’s blood group being altered by drug : ANTIBIOTIC
17-across – Dance from Switzerland to city in France at 100 mph : CHARLESTON
18-across – Poet turned dull : DRAB
20-across – Unimportant painting involving point of order : INCONSEQUENTIAL
23-across – Violent crime in connected cells : BATTERY
24-across – The greatest love traduced inside air sacs : ALVEOLI
25-across – Musicians send naughty messages to alien : SEXTET
26-across – Tries tablets and speaks : ESSAYS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Bury one storyteller, mostly, among others : INTERALIA
3-down – Second stroke results in untidy writing : SCRAWL
4-down – Rush to interrupt teacher’s Grauniad hallmark? : MISPRINTS
5-down – Exercise intelligence of bird : PEWIT
6-down – Dance-related dance quote upended : BALLETIC
7-down – Back scrubber turning a trick : LOOFA
8-down – Concoction of chilli and black plum proves hard going : UPHILLCLIMB
10-down – Composer, one carrying big picture with nothing on top : FRESCOBALDI
14-down – Protect against wild speculation : INOCULATE
15-down – Dread adopting digital applications on unknown ground : TERRITORY
16-down – Mournful map chap : PLANGENT
19-down – Wherewithal to cut music man’s topknot : KNIVES
21-down – Pretty girl’s copper neckwear : CUTIE
22-down – Implausibly good type ruined country : EGYPT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.