This crossword No. 27545 clues and answers were published on Tue 26 Jun 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27545 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Takes short trips, full of energy and aspirations : HOPES
4-across – Stop cricket side going on holiday : LEAVEOFF
8-across – Like groups on vacation, getting money by selling things off : ASSETSTRIPPING
10-across – Fast no doubt broken by backsliding church : SECURELY
11-across – Dance, or eastern ball of sorts, going west : BOLERO
12-across – Revived fur trade’s criminal : FRAUDSTER
15-across – Revolutionary children’s writer having no time for dramatist : IBSEN
17-across – Cast leading pair in third series : THROW
18-across – Nutmeg’s in tiddly state in a small cafe : ESTAMINET
19-across – Small vessel raised after master abandons her : TEACUP
21-across – Consider introducing collars round poisonous plant : RATSBANE
24-across – Romanian garden yielding fruit : MANDARINORANGE
25-across – Look out for GI avoiding complex debriefing : BEFRIEND
26-across – Put paid to journalists concealing name : ENDED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Leaders not quite what the Queen of Hearts ordered, say? : HEADSOFSTATE
2-down – Drive first person boarding cleaner, low-level transport : PUSHCHAIR
3-down – Lecher lines up at end of day : SATYR
4-down – Smallest member in Oxford, possibly? : LITTLETOE
5-down – International alliance putting a boundary up : AXIS
6-down – Instrument you fake for listeners? I’m not sure : EUPHONIUM
7-down – Dodgy handler, one of many at Aintree? : FENCE
9-down – Routine problem for emerging divers lacking second potty : ROUNDTHEBEND
13-down – Provincial county short of land for deportees at one time? : DOWNUNDER
14-down – Redundant staff are often kept on, Republican admitted : RETRAINED
16-down – Brown junior soundly beaten? : SUNTANNED
20-down – Gnome’s promotion coming with maturity : ADAGE
22-down – What those waiting do to start play? : SERVE
23-down – Available payment about right : FREE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.