This crossword No. 27634 clues and answers were published on Mon 08 Oct 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27634 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Unsubtle spy? : BLUNT
4-across – Cost to keep part of play in rehearsal : PRACTICE
8-across – Many older women stray this nostalgic way : DOWNMEMORYLANE
10-across – Upper-class type may be such a wonder : CHINLESS
11-across – Obese woman priest : FATHER
12-across – Unpleasant argument in Hyde Park? : ROTTENROW
15-across – Finally short of time for picture book : ATLAS
17-across – Attractive person to put on board : PINUP
18-across – Sick Ottoman — he is refusing visitors : NOTATHOME
19-across – Attacked with acid : ETCHED
21-across – Wing patterns are extraordinary : TRANSEPT
24-across – Thorny issues in this conflict? : WARSOFTHEROSES
25-across – Translated plastered : RENDERED
26-across – Welcomes huge numbers : HOSTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Sexed-up story of waistcoat on murderer : BODICERIPPER
2-down – Such a rule never makes it into the law books : UNWRITTEN
3-down – Asian dog covers miles : TAMIL
4-down – Works out questions, really hard : PUMPSIRON
5-down – Essentially sacred ground : ACRE
6-down – Distinguished, but not given full information? : TOLDAPART
7-down – It’s blown out of the water : CONCH
9-down – To look for gold entails outline plans : PROSPECTUSES
13-down – Newspaper editor forced out : EXPRESSED
14-down – Vital fluid spilled, a decisive juncture : WATERSHED
16-down – Moving, these animals could be noiseless : LIONESSES
20-down – Long for clubs to go wild : CRAVE
22-down – Up in map-reading : NORTH
23-down – Safari covers a long distance : AFAR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.