This crossword No. 27576 clues and answers were published on Wed 01 Aug 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27576 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Help turned into helping waves : RADIATION
8-across – Channel something heard well : SOUND
9-across – A moonlit romance ultimately makes one thus : EMOTIONAL
10-across – Declared 48 hours before D-day, what makes privates presentable : BIDET
12-across – Going nowhere in commercial break : ADRIFT
13-across – Those against accepting defeat are in the soup : CROUTONS
14-across – Some Laurel and Hardy finally in a fable that’s been rewritten : BAYLEAF
17-across – Decide about a city in the US : SEATTLE
20-across – The next sound as well is a bird : COCKATOO
22-across – Small dog locker with doubled top : COCKER
24-across – Start off continent expedition : HASTE
25-across – What covers essay by learner is found : ESTABLISH
26-across – Flinch from overflow in cesspit : WINCE
27-across – Had search party status evaluated externally : POSSESSED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cultivated member ate out : FARMED
2-down – Poor hearing, when one is in the wind : MISTRIAL
3-down – All-out extremely tight sumo wrestling : UTMOST
4-down – Leaves to set up taxi firm : TOBACCO
5-down – Then compete and start to turn red : SOVIET
6-down – Fiendish foxtrot gives way to tango from within : INTERNAL
11-down – See 16 : DOTE
15-down – A dreamer with no name is fragrant : AROMATIC
16-down – Fancy diet not a cure : ANTI
18-down – Credit slip uncovered: don’t say a word — it’s sensitive : TICKLISH
19-down – Sun now, then rain : MONSOON
21-down – 18 not 51, may be vulgar : KITSCH
22-down – Harsh lectures to the audience : COARSE
23-down – Evenly and softly to begin with, that’s right: not so hard : EASIER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.