This crossword No. 27571 clues and answers were published on Thu 26 Jul 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27571 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Sort of gun in story by right bugger? : LISTENER
9-across – Journalist’s rubbish papers English rejected : EDITOR
10-across – Guardian with head of state, one on horse? : USER
11-across – 24 boy taken in by devil is wicked : ILLADVISED
12-across – Support many steady moves to cross road : TEAAND
14-across – See 12 : SYMPATHY
15-across – What Newgate is for Dickens : OLDNICK
17-across – Inactive and without colour, having caught cold : EXTINCT
20-across – A learner admitted to periodical study in Oxford college : MAGDALEN
22-across – Two lots of gold rings extremely tough for creator : AUTHOR
23-across – Small chap, following big road over the hill, ran badly : MISMANAGED
24-across – Outbreak of terror as hostage’s grabbed : RASH
25-across – I appreciate that Hollywood actor wants the Order of Merit : THANKS
26-across – Bow before short performance by American 2 : ARCTURUS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Neglect odd parts of poem, lines showing blunder with words : MISSPELL
2-down – Ace intro for sales pitch : STAR
3-down – For Les Bleus, a victory followed by day to chill out : UNWIND
4-down – Simple man’s abandoned without pity : ARTLESS
5-down – Material for building awfully dreamy team up : READYMIX
6-down – Note celebrities eschewing ostentation : MINIMALIST
7-down – Saintly carpenter’s record breaking banter : JOSEPH
13-down – Girl with old party skirt’s accompaniment for date? : ANNODOMINI
16-down – Person taking land cut kind of irrigation, by the way : COLONIST
18-down – Strike through ball from the wing, like a striker : CROSSOUT
19-down – Articles with weight showing what litotes is for TS Eliot? : ANAGRAM
21-down – Settle a match, perhaps : ALIGHT
22-down – 10 to do arithmetic with new technology? : ADDICT
24-down – Thrash troublemaker’s bottom in the open : ROUT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.