This crossword No. 27614 clues and answers were published on Fri 14 Sep 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27614 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Part of Tennessee Williams’ last hip production: morose, electrifying Marlon initially in the lead : MEMPHIS
5-across – High price — necessity, perversely to secure botched DIY : TIDYSUM
9-across – Who gives a swinging piece of wood about Newton? : DONOR
10-across – Come across as fair excited — touching! : LIGHTUPON
11-across – Smudge gets to identify an apostle : FINGERMARK
12-across – See 21 : FROM
14-across – Extinct species of the orc, mouse, bats … : HOMOERECTUS
18-across – See 23 : HOUSEARREST
21-across – Come out of Met’s production — bad form : STEM
22-across – Toilet renter reported an American officer : LIEUTENANT
25-across – Being southern, suggest Rubicund as a pop group name : SIMPLYRED
26-across – Fruit pieces: see inside : MELON
27-across – Works jammed with poles, which might need extracting : TONSILS
28-across – Sally’s custom: collecting chamber pots : RIPOSTE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – No rocker provided key’s final change : MODIFY
2-down – Kent’s transformation after mother, grandmother and daughter play : MANAND
3-down – One who takes after Trotter, the western villain? : HORSETHIEF
4-down – Deal twinned with medium US city : SALEM
5-down – Ornamental stone tree? Yes, around about one thousand dollars! : TIGERSEYE
6-down – Computer input is one bit over : DATA
7-down – Distinct columnar layouts, a hit on stage : SEPARATE
8-down – To belittle a musical note is ultimately futile : MINIMISE
13-down – Wide path, a mere folly, that has its highs and lows : WEATHERMAP
15-down – Ruin archaeological work at artist’s festival : MARDIGRAS
16-down – All it needs is the board to engage in battle of wits : CHESSSET
17-down – See 2 : SUPERMAN
19-down – See 7 : TABLES
20-down – Not about to be taken in by expert now! : ATONCE
23-down – You mustn’t leave your home in such a state : UNDER
24-down – Town of southern France one missed, being elsewhere at the time : ALBI
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.