This crossword No. 27506 clues and answers were published on Fri 11 May 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27506 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – King enters affair with army corps backing — he has weapons : ARMOURER
9-across – Novel serving of mashed potato? : SCOOP
10-across – Racing driver family’s rise : HILL
11-across – Dry sort of northern £1 note across the sea : NONDRINKER
12-across – Energy produce by sun in equivalent type of oil : SESAME
14-across – Hand back old man left in Gap : APPLAUSE
16-across – Church doorkeeper moved to Syria : OSTIARY
18-across – Shrink one spoils : ATROPHY
21-across – High Tory capers will do : RIGHTYHO
23-across – When to be rejected by wind god : SATURN
24-across – Neglect your garden plants? Not on the surface : UNDERWATER
26-across – Suffering light that’s pronounced : PAIN
27-across – Hastings has, on the outside, abandoned incense : STING
28-across – A people fit and willing : AMENABLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Footwear riddle : TRAINERS
2-down – Bird sound, piano and song — it’s murder! : FOUL
3-down – Grand farmhouse fruit, good for nothing : GRANGE
4-down – Go in pursuit of pleasure without currency, old man! : GRANDAD
5-down – Nation of Trump senior, a major power no more : USSR
6-down – Play area feature? Not exactly : ROUNDABOUT
7-down – Drugs that are incorporated into shoes : UPPERS
13-down – Tai chi term for development work on figures : ARITHMETIC
15-down – Reverse dancing? Precisely : PAT
17-down – Name a god ending in Y : RAY
19-down – Thigh or rib lead housing far from attractive : HORRIBLE
20-down – Bringer of tidings needs support — Mother Nature, primarily : POSTMAN
22-down – Produce charged particles and celebrate topless : IONISE
23-down – Way a good sort nurses Rowan, perhaps : STREET
25-down – Wife, decline to carry on! : WAGE
26-down – See 2 : PLAY
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.