This crossword No. 27642 clues and answers were published on Wed 17 Oct 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27642 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Not many voters out in storm: it could ruin the night : LIGHTPOLLUTION
8-across – Satisfy a companion to S. Beauty? : SLAKE
9-across – Everything carried round is smashed : TOTALLED
11-across – Groundbreaker I used in wharf : PIONEER
12-across – TV station securing opera about to broadcast : RADIATE
13-across – Last piece of music recorded twice by a UN secretary-general? : OUTRO
15-across – Dispose of foolish nonsense in contrasting volumes : POLISHOFF
17-across – Unmarked fruit kept in college is pulled out : ELONGATED
20-across – Messenger’s spoken, having lesson in two parts : BARER
21-across – Over time, sailor gets trim : TOSPARE
23-across – Power couple return to America as sex symbol : PRIAPUS
25-across – Think tooth — it chewed : COGITATE
26-across – Fail badly with a Japanese verse : TANKA
27-across – Act superficially, ordering makeshift cures : SKIMTHESURFACE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Repossessed house and office : LOSTPROPERTY
2-down – Working month taken up with fertiliser : GUANO
3-down – That elementary particle finally revealing signature in air : THEMESONG
4-down – Produce more veg than what pokes out of the ground : OUTCROP
5-down – Shoot dead, holding automatic at first in both hands : LATERAL
6-down – Worked in bathroom perhaps — it’s over light : TILED
7-down – One attending Macbeth in poorer age made to suffer : OPERAGOER
10-down – Hurried up a stay in bed, worried for the NHS etc : WELFARESTATE
14-down – Assessed situation of a Hobbit clan : TOOKSTOCK
16-down – Sentimental actor in summertime is captivated by rambling rose : SOBSISTER
18-down – Bay where it all comes out? : THEWASH
19-down – Regularly tempt to cut garment lower : DEPRESS
22-down – A kiss lifts me in Paris, as a rule : AXIOM
24-down – Letters from secretary, a Chinese native : PANDA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.