This crossword No. 27409 clues and answers were published on Thu 18 Jan 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27409 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Ravel, last of wet fish : TANGLE
4-across – Fiddle not half inspiring difficult child — that’s the effect of music! : VIBRATO
9-across – New Testament suggested the coolest of times? : MIDWINTER
10-across – Ultimately flat, instrument that’s sharp : THORN
11-across – Grand work of Elgar, an exercise in music : LARGE
12-across – Sit alongside robin with huge bats : NEIGHBOUR
13-across – In flaming, fire disturbed : ROUSTED
15-across – Composer is beyond preposterous : TALLIS
17-across – Late actor has shifted tree to the left : SHARIF
19-across – Those who polish railway apparatus : BUFFERS
22-across – Scarcely any absent in curfew, unlike degenerate less fortunate : UNLUCKIER
24-across – See 11 : SCALE
26-across – Brahms and Liszt in the spotlight : LITUP
27-across – Tuesday 7th of September off — 8th of September past it then? : USEBYDATE
28-across – Much bloodshed as one composer almost crushed by another : CARNAGE
29-across – Composer’s name for composer : WEBERN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Glass one may be dropping? : TUMBLER
2-down – She abandons playwright after a write-up, an all-time low : NADIR
3-down – Lice high on combination of acid and alcohol in cheese : LEICESTER
4-down – Composer on the case of correct decision : VERDICT
5-down – Group has little time to invest in composer : BATCH
6-down – Show remorse having put mint in sage I chopped up : APOLOGISE
7-down – They’ve got something worse to broadcast about capital in Nairobi : OWNERS
8-down – Out of it, put to death : STONED
14-down – For example, prepare an Ottoman composer to invade revolutionary Peru : UPHOLSTER
16-down – Way of acting silly with feet in a pickle : LIFESTYLE
18-down – After scratching of head, nothing penned by composer is a disappointment : FAILURE
19-down – One offering a cut, as composer : BARBER
20-down – Has that lady visited an illicit bar? : SHEBEEN
21-down – Known leaders in baseball league, one entering competition after an upset : PUBLIC
23-down – Old man after a drop of cream with high tea : CUPPA
25-down – Instead, a general saying : ADAGE
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.