This crossword No. 27279 clues and answers were published on Fri 18 Aug 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27279 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Silly me, sure a fiddle featured in opera : DIEFLEDERMAUS
10-across – Cross capital, say, to give evidence : TESTIMONY
11-across – Court summons gangster caught having sex earlier : CITAL
12-across – Strategy No 11 for an idiot : PLANK
13-across – Found one soldier in elaborately decorated housing : ORIGINATE
14-across – Doctor pays out to this examining body? : AUTOPSY
16-across – Nuts about you, said film star : MAEWEST
18-across – Heavenly choir’s first seen after DIY mishap leads to bad back : IDYLLIC
20-across – Provision for baby agreed during brief correspondence : LAYETTE
21-across – Absorbing content from singer-songwriter : INGESTING
23-across – Tips off cruel schoolmaster? That’s odd : QUEER
24-across – Love rat often providing inspiration for poet : ERATO
25-across – A choreographer’s entertaining friend that’s French statesman : ALABAMIAN
26-across – Führer’s edict ruined unknown opera : DERFREISCHUTZ
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Tiny Tim’s first single, oddly playing around America right now : INSTANTLY
3-down – Where Puck gets a lot of stick, stalking female sculptor : FRINK
4-down – Saving money excited holding company : ECONOMY
5-down – Muesli, a little yogurt, nuts — heaven! : ELYSIUM
6-down – Plant herb, not rose, around ravine : MACHINERY
7-down – 17 stuck halfway through Paul, Tramp, Vlad, even Rufus? Yes, initially : ULTRA
8-down – More work required on song that’s included with German opera : UTOPIALIMITED
9-down – Bass has warning about fish in opera : ALBERTHERRING
15-down – Murder, with bad language beforehand : POLISHOFF
17-down – Setter, I’m cross about 7 : EXTREMIST
19-down – A newly invented word, eg acoge? : COINAGE
20-down – Book by author with no energy blockages : LOGJAMS
22-down – Brilliance of one of Elgar’s Variations : GLARE
23-down – Having no starter, drink Scotch : QUASH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.