This crossword No. 27421 clues and answers were published on Thu 01 Feb 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27421 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Something metallic covering behind or something 18 covering much more? : CAFTAN
4-across – Acquaintance gets sealed deal? Not right : CONTACT
9-across – Suit constrains part of belly : PINSTRIPE
10-across – Where some Brummies find home in Glastonbury : ASTON
11-across – Move furtively and quietly behind cowboy’s enemy? : CREEP
12-across – Former type of exam: English composition : PASTORALE
13-across – What colonist will do, having captured a foreign city : SEATTLE
15-across – Meal with nasty smell, the thing to send back : TIFFIN
17-across – Rev in moving circle? : CLERIC
19-across – Little dog eats poet’s works and causes trouble : PLAYSUP
22-across – Subsequently stifles one pet’s noise, solution being found : LIMEWATER
24-across – Indication of freezing time : TEMPO
26-across – Kind of senior officer leading army corps : GENRE
27-across – Get your butts on the ground! : ORDERARMS
28-across – After travelling, you finally stayed for 24 hours : TUESDAY
29-across – Like a rogue child invading a railway : ARCHLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Strikes briefly undermining firm making money : COPECKS
2-down – Crime, but not of one type of criminal : FENCE
3-down – Alexander the Great’s regent rebelling against father? : ANTIPATER
4-down – One may shed some light, destroying secrets : CRESSET
5-down – Maoris hang around New Zealand writer : NGAIO
6-down – A curate is naughty? We understand the risks : ACTUARIES
7-down – Mess about with difficult puzzle, not beginning : TINKER
8-down – Extra money request when in need of a drink : TIPPLE
14-down – In Parisian avenue, fellow would briefly dance : ALLEMANDE
16-down – French brother endlessly drinking coffee is 11 : FLATTERER
18-down – Like some fabric in bed, fashionable : COTTONY
19-down – Remuneration restricts staff — it’s a travesty : PARODY
20-down – Collecting financial documents, work steadily and devotedly : PIOUSLY
21-down – Escape from land after start of fighting : FLIGHT
23-down – Exercise in part of south-east England being reported : WIELD
25-down – See 5 : MARSH
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.