This crossword No. 27541 clues and answers were published on Thu 21 Jun 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27541 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Cast her in lead? : HEADLINER
10-across – Mate ends this old duty husband introduced : CHESS
11-across – Runs large 21 down : LADDERS
12-across – Performance in hat likely to touch people : TACTILE
13-across – Baffling old cases that can be hard to interpret : LINGO
14-across – Envoy to dine with English earl now and then : MESSENGER
16-across – Scores of cinemas include it, oddly ignoring echo : INCIDENTALMUSIC
19-across – Posted over a pack for confirmation maybe : SACRAMENT
21-across – Temptress wrong to restrict touching : SIREN
22-across – Arriving at airport, female leaves confinement : LYINGIN
23-across – Blackberry jam for one in authority : BRAMBLE
24-across – Passed round plank, first of twenty : DEALT
25-across – Cashier collecting rabbi’s fare : TRAVELLER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Digital problem Bill fixed in series : CHILBLAINS
2-down – Cutting as printed describes a radical lecturer : SARDONIC
3-down – Game could spread across Spain : CLUEDO
4-down – Old newspaper put up charge : ONUS
5-down – Lutheran’s one for his books, not me : PROTESTANT
6-down – Diamonds? Pick 99 maybe : ICECREAM
7-down – Crude TV family close to top getting stitched up? : SEWING
8-down – Feel sick to some extent, heaving, sailing here? : ISLE
14-down – Capital hoards 1,000 bananas and legumes : MONKEYNUTS
15-down – Royal courtesan condemned yarn spinners : RACONTEURS
17-down – Daughter’s unwell, losing energy, needing these? : DRAUGHTS
18-down – Grub that is given to hoi polloi : SCRABBLE
20-down – This writer’s one among 160 to reach peak : CLIMAX
21-down – Endless plain in central Russia generating winds : SNAKES
22-down – Game I play in Rome once : LUDO
23-down – Brief supporter of games above and other game : BOAR
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.