This crossword No. 27720 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Jan 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27720 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Trump, perhaps, to slip up badly : POPULIST
5-across – Exerts heavy pressure on joint — shortly notices : KNEADS
9-across – House in miniature around back of Hyde Park : YOSEMITE
10-across – Haddock, part of it with bread : FINNAN
12-across – King’s ambassador fine, say, following commotion : HEADOFSTATE
15-across – Gun, one produced on stage … : PIECE
17-across – … an animal with no lines stars : ANDROMEDA
18-across – A number shared meal : TEAFORTWO
19-across – Foolish to eat a bit of radicchio leaf : FROND
20-across – Play, with this? : ADOLLSHOUSE
24-across – Chemist’s position serious : LIEBIG
25-across – Forty-eight hours backchat that’s boring? : YADAYADA
26-across – Representative comes out of bin cleaner : DUSTER
27-across – Relax, supplying energy for one in grief : DESTRESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Film course for one with a problem : PSYCHOPATH
2-down – Goodbye to the outside, going in to die in alley : PASSAGEWAY
3-down – Waiting period as posh car collects bachelor : LIMBO
4-down – One’s group of rebels relaxed at first in comfort : SATISFACTION
6-down – Sounds of foxtrot that are heard in the wings : NOISESOFF
7-down – Family member is cow : AUNT
8-down – Suggesting Louis XIV collapsed? : SUNK
11-down – Fussy car rental : HARDTOPLEASE
13-down – Get people back into perpetual strife? Nothing in it : REPOPULATE
14-down – From barn, as horse led out, they steer : HANDLEBARS
16-down – Judge’s last case bringing back memories : EVOCATIVE
21-down – Almost home, where this is? : HEART
22-down – Succeeded with hat, lost it with feet? : SLID
23-down – Man’s house and college spoken of : KEYS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.