This crossword No. 27499 clues and answers were published on Thu 03 May 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27499 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Half of really friendly city : VENICE
4-across – Shoot right rabbit on fencing : SPROUT
9-across – In which soldiers may drop bombs : EGGS
10-across – More than one quashing — mental nuns wrestling : ANNULMENTS
11-across – See 16 : RATING
12-across – Picture headless cartoon character in short episode : PAINTING
13-across – Home time — one shot to capture route : ITINERARY
15-across – Director having sex, second pair of smalls discarded : EXEC
16-across – Controlling back of Wallace and Gromit in animation : MODE
17-across – Fast runner to show off brand : SPORTSCAR
21-across – Vegetable with potassium? Cooks boil hard leaves off end : KOHLRABI
22-across – Primarily Shaun the Sheep dead drunk : STEWED
24-across – Late talks for groups of clergymen : PASTORATES
25-across – Took home wheels for cheese : EDAM
26-across – Stops to collect Oscar with awards : ENDOWS
27-across – See 20 : ESCAPE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Tramp turning over telly, catching A Grand Day Out : VAGRANT
2-down – North American native that is wrong to be upset : NISEI
3-down – Cock-up by one in animated series? : CLANGER
5-down – Nick Park : PULLIN
6-down – Demands too much with public cuts : OVERTAXES
7-down – Great film : TITANIC
8-down – Wrong trousers cut below hip : INAPPROPRIATE
14-down – Due to land, terribly bumpy : NODULATED
16-down – Money to tie up, fell over time : MOORAGE
18-down – On models, section in middle sticks out : RESISTS
19-down – Expert presenter of art film, that’s clear : ACETATE
20-down – Fine to take off A Close Shave : NARROW
23-down – Fluid piece from René Magritte : ENEMA
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.