This crossword No. 27439 clues and answers were published on Thu 22 Feb 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27439 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Rejected leading ladies with issue for Cats : PUMAS
4-across – Deal with gender-fluid performer : TRANSACT
8-across – Bungling subtitles, say, and hurried panning on film : MISTRANSLATING
10-across – Try to block high priest’s self-indulgence : EGOTRIPS
11-across – Hot dog with everything added : INTOTO
12-across – Blow off steam during church services, dull affairs : NONEVENTS
15-across – Groom accepting love causes depression : COOMB
17-across – See circle getting tick for ratio : COSEC
18-across – Terrible evil associated with super criminal : REPULSIVE
19-across – Female with heart of gold in close embrace : ENFOLD
21-across – He’s reserved large seafood sandwiches : COLDFISH
24-across – Scrap elitist exams in philosophy : EXISTENTIALISM
25-across – Work on stage flipping twaddle — a plus or a minus? : OPERATOR
26-across – World traveller back from holiday with bad weather : FOGGY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Grill US bread, admitting I’m not sure it’s bread : PUMPERNICKEL
2-down – Girl, nobleman’s accepted, fails to get right figure : MISCOUNTS
3-down – Man on board, fellow going to be more confident : SURER
4-down – What cook may use with starter of tempura in batter? : TINOPENER
5-down – Idiot has no wife to join : ALLY
6-down – Honing one’s Catalan? It’s really bad : SATANICAL
7-down – Politician given party lodgings : CONDO
9-down – Sequence of misfortunes would be curiously theatrical : DOUBLEWHAMMY
13-down – Singer roughly covered by Elvis, or with Kinks : VOCALISER
14-down – Champion consumers of alcohol may do so : SUPPORTER
16-down – 1 and 6 doing cartwheels, making elementary combinations : OXIDISING
20-down – Provide header for forward with team back on top : FIXUP
22-down – Sleepy, maybe, getting stuck into Cold War fiction : DWARF
23-down – Explicit message from church employee not on : SEXT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.