This crossword No. 27452 clues and answers were published on Fri 09 Mar 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27452 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
4-across – Drops bags for one to recover : REGAIN
6-across – Hack lies with part in column : PILASTER
9-across – Repressed writer to behave like a randy animal : PENTUP
10-across – Where financiers are still doolally : ECSTATIC
11-across – One launching projectiles knocked over player in the slips : BLUNDERBUSS
15-across – Wrong marks doubled in current exam : IMMORAL
17-across – Failure to recall men deployed in the East : AMNESIA
18-across – Allied with Italian, twice scoffed about leader here : CONFEDERATE
22-across – Sort of cream pudding, one from Raymond Blanc : AFTERSUN
23-across – Dispensing with clothing, avow gods root for cult : VOODOO
24-across – Climber’s endless hunger to be among celebs : ALPINIST
25-across – Uncovered part of New York, a holy city : HEBRON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – £51 in cash : LIQUID
2-down – Make gloomy record on the period we live in : DISCOURAGE
3-down – Raves where ecstasy’s dropped by an underground warrior : PARTISAN
4-down – Old artefact broken by boozer in China, say : REPUBLIC
5-down – Game to have a couple of drinks? That’s surprising : GINRUMMY
7-down – Marshal competitors needing to strip off : TITO
8-down – Is he a pain in the neck? : RICK
12-down – Enjoy capturing knight in Paris, who is to surrender : RELINQUISH
13-down – Setter makes unfair remarks about Irishman, perhaps : ISLANDER
14-down – Leader no longer touring round country : CAMEROON
16-down – Frame opening demand of horrid letter : RACKRENT
19-down – Does one run away? I’m not sure about run : ELOPER
20-down – Device that sucks up a drink : CAVA
21-down – Over sixteen letters : ATOP
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.