This crossword No. 27737 clues and answers were published on Wed 06 Feb 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27737 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Voice complaint leading to Nutmeg’s end : OBJECTIVE
6-across – Hot drink, second cuppa? : MOCHA
9-across – Learn to handle worthy committees with no yen to adapt : COMETOTERMSWITH
10-across – Unlikely way to lose weight : SLIM
11-across – Man’s close kin digging into tall grass for source of oil : RAPESEED
14-across – River into which two run somewhere in Texas : FORTWORTH
15-across – Antelope’s niff embodying another left by papa : BONGO
16-across – Field unaffected by motorway : REALM
18-across – Home in Tyneside continues to be Kitty’s expectation : NINELIVES
20-across – Sweet and innocent youngster admitting woman’s in charge : CHERUBIC
21-across – Illegal drug supplied by son came first from east : SNOW
25-across – Artfully trap crook, shut up periodically for remedial treatment : SHORTSHARPSHOCK
26-across – Drug limited in urban areas? : SPEED
27-across – Fluid not listed, added where appropriate : SLOTTEDIN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Particularly large guards right about killers, in the main : ORCAS
2-down – Increasingly nervous, one pierces top : JUMPIER
3-down – Censor cinema and theatre obscenities to start with : CATO
4-down – Part of joint osteopath’s enthusiastic about? : INTO
5-down – Deserving party comes in for new criticism : EARBASHING
6-down – Doctor Holding questioned everybody’s function : MASKEDBALL
7-down – War, an illegal act starts it : CRIMEAN
8-down – Rear exit keeping spa hotel free from water : ANHYDROUS
12-down – Dimwits use explosive in Bikini, for instance : SWIMSUITED
13-down – Food helping to keep you regular is flourishing : BRANDISHES
14-down – Anticipates key periods of abstinence for Spooner : FORECASTS
17-down – Solvent of superb quality : ACETONE
19-down – Vehicle’s contents I removed from empty street changing hands : VANLOAD
22-down – Arouse suspicion ultimately at end of trail : WAKEN
23-down – Contributor to choirboy’s mounting enthusiasm? : BRIO
24-down – On odd occasions insanity doesn’t occur : ISNT
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.