This crossword No. 27284 clues and answers were published on Thu 24 Aug 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27284 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Actor grabs at model : TEMPLATE
9-across – A fair land : ALIGHT
10-across – Actor on rich food regimen : DIET
11-across – Execrable starter in kebabs and processed food from cans : BAKEDBEANS
12-across – Actor Bardot’s odd characters? : BRANDO
14-across – Like a simple tune? Wrong actor : SINGABLE
15-across – How solid is refuse around squat? : DENSITY
17-across – Actor not vacuous, sweet : FONDANT
20-across – Actor punched by a clergyman : CHAPLAIN
22-across – Actor after small slipper for Father Christmas? : SLEIGH
23-across – Wonderful outstanding actor beginning in theatre, Italian : FLORENTINE
24-across – See 2 : CURL
25-across – Put down setter, entertained by actor : DEMEAN
26-across – Lincolnshire town actor, overactor? : GRANTHAM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Crack big, but not black, with deeper descent : PEDIGREE
2-down – Culprits thrown out, lock flat? : SPIT
3-down – In leaving child, love hollow stuff : BAMBOO
4-down – Hungry like an actor? : PECKISH
5-down – Dance cool and bursting with energy : FANDANGO
6-down – Teams go off riding in unorthodox manner : SIDESADDLE
7-down – Heart of course absent in Scent of a Woman : CHANEL
13-down – Snoop or pry and sneak off : NOSYPARKER
16-down – Instruction leaflet ultimately wet : TRAINING
18-down – One inspired by high earning African : NIGERIAN
19-down – Knock top prize money : INNINGS
21-down – Antique possessed by female actor : HOLDEN
22-down – Deep wound reported as plank sat upon : SEESAW
24-down – Musical — characters associated, primarily, with Eliot : CATS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.