This crossword No. 27481 clues and answers were published on Thu 12 Apr 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27481 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Bawdy author’s first mob, so to speak : RABELAIS
9-across – Kind of kitten or cat, one included in bill : ATOMIC
10-across – Appear vaguely in room, where one goes mad unnoticed : LOOM
11-across – Part of Atlantic’s valuable reserve that’s not yet exploited : VIRGINSOIL
12-across – Flowers return, fed with nitrogen, I detect : SENSOR
14-across – Be proud of rhubarb that Mrs Grundy’s bottled : PROTRUDE
15-across – Two blokes meeting pedlar : CHAPMAN
17-across – What is in Washington? Start to explore and gape : DEHISCE
20-across – He led miners from cliff to ravine : SCARGILL
22-across – I have no leisure — almost behind, for example, in verse : IAMBUS
23-across – Huge old quantity halved in a sort of arithmetic : MONUMENTAL
24-across – Lied about being unemployed : IDLE
25-across – For delivery to a force to be reckoned with : CAREOF
26-across – Keeping wife and Jack working, makes index : DOWJONES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Pen a note: check boxes measuring small dimensions : NANOTECH
2-down – European misses out on a new beginning : GERM
3-down – Be undecided about one claim forgone : WAIVER
4-down – I make careless mistake in feeble poem, after change of heart : PALINODE
5-down – More than one firm Tory type rejecting Heath from tedium : CONSORTIUM
6-down – Sympathised with one sort of public house under pressure : PITIED
8-down – In predicament, fight with energy : SCRAPE
13-down – Top-class con man? : SUPERDUPER
16-down – Very inaccurate shot : AMILEOFF
18-down – Vineyard Frenchwoman runs with less compassion : CRUELLER
19-down – Some roofs are abused : SLATED
21-down – Church oversees exam for singers : CHORAL
22-down – According to judges, sons are not consanguineous : INLAWS
24-down – King cobra kills every other Russian : IGOR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.