This crossword No. 27502 clues and answers were published on Mon 07 May 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27502 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Complete diplomat excels thus : INTACT
4-across – A rolling sea, too : ASWELL
9-across – My father’s son? I don’t know : PASS
10-across – A rhyme for elephant? That’s incomprehensible : MUMBOJUMBO
11-across – Part of opera needs quiet first — it’s the law : SHARIA
12-across – No French can admit another European as emperor : NAPOLEON
13-across – Asking is difficult : DEMANDING
15-across – Flat rate? : RENT
16-across – One with obsessive interest about fish : TUNA
17-across – Take back on board : RECAPTURE
21-across – Suits people to curse : MENSWEAR
22-across – Fruit in old kitchen area : ORANGE
24-across – People such as this feel OK, surprisingly : THELIKESOF
25-across – First off, makes dirty picture : OILS
26-across – Dead, by collapsing here in hospital? : DAYBED
27-across – Purchase bananas, we hear, but not automatically : BYHAND
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Scott’s hero in Russian garden : IVANHOE
2-down – Stare goofily, seeing stunner : TASER
3-down – Order arms, for example, for the military : COMMAND
5-down – Careless and sentimental about love, primarily : SLOPPY
6-down – Very enthusiastic e-bulletin put out : EBULLIENT
7-down – Scientist’s garment of short, dense hair? : LABCOAT
8-down – Power behind the throne terrible in emergencies : EMINENCEGRISE
14-down – Target a friend of the family? : AUNTSALLY
16-down – Suffered possibly painful eruption, by gum! : TEETHED
18-down – Haughtily, ladies entering a horse-drawn carriage : ALOOFLY
19-down – Regularly drew beer up and feasted : REGALED
20-down – Heavens! The French abuse a speaker : HECKLE
23-down – Particular smell in Emilia-Romagna : AROMA
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.