This crossword No. 27685 clues and answers were published on Thu 06 Dec 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27685 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Have impossible aims: go after bad weather gives way : CHASERAINBOWS
10-across – Regularly awry is pic: why I go for such a preview? : WYSIWYG
11-across – Put old boy on back — it does nothing to cure him : PLACEBO
12-across – Return homework about the French revolutionary : YIELD
13-across – Movement of eyes in modest lowering : DECREMENT
14-across – European visits prosperous kingdom : REICH
16-across – Sort of progression of cortege I’m organising : GEOMETRIC
18-across – Chew gum, having drunk tea : MASTICATE
19-across – Russian cavalry dropping lettuce in bags : SACKS
20-across – Doll has teeth and ears in the wrong places : TEARSHEET
23-across – Smooth old jazzmen : COMBO
24-across – Several overtures made by man to woman : LEONORA
25-across – Caustic, say, about indefinite number admitted to craft : PUNGENT
26-across – Absurd mother’s horrid in these? : BERMUDASHORTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Unscrupulous lawyer heading off one’s constant suppressed laughter : HYSTERICS
3-down – Said by some to have risen rapidly, but cut : SAWED
4-down – Stiff sort of card supports equipment : RIGID
5-down – Succeeded dodging fare-checker? Outcome finally undisclosed : INPECTORE
6-down – Innocent bishop deprived of golden fabric? : BLAMELESS
7-down – Place question : WHERE
8-down – On vacation, no one may use computers! : AWAYFROMITALL
9-down – Approaches some seaside towns for football and rugby : CONTACTSPORTS
15-down – After heroin, moralist turns to a drop of the hard stuff : HAILSTORM
16-down – Serious distance to one’s final destination : GRAVEYARD
17-down – Lying about boss, nearly new : RECUMBENT
21-down – Around the same thing, live and love : ADORE
22-down – Pasta cooked as appetisers : TAPAS
23-down – Positive attitude in small company letters : CANDO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.