This crossword No. 27755 clues and answers were published on Wed 27 Feb 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27755 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – On the ship of love, in a poet’s embrace : ABOARD
5-across – Elton, holding pants back to front to show spread : BESTREWN
9-across – Armour section : PLATELET
10-across – Old lady gives up a lot of money for carbon fissure : CRANNY
11-across – See 22 : HAIR
12-across – Castle Cheese pics doctored? : CHESSPIECE
13-across – Just the top of roast covered with gravy browning here? : BISTRO
14-across – That of one who didn’t come clean? : DIRTYLIE
16-across – Spacewalking scene change, then fade out : EVANESCE
19-across – Pod’s cold — not like Norfolk, it’s said : CHILLI
21-across – Violation accepted ahead of French battle : INFRACTION
23-across – See 22 : COAT
24-across – Not all frottage is mean form of discrimination : AGEISM
25-across – Garland & Bishop fool the last great mathematician : LEIBNITZ
26-across – Flaw in insignia, which should not be part of a straitjacket : ARMHOLES
27-across – Possible explanation from politician, full of gas : THEORY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Dressing up seaman having alarming vices when drunk : BALSAMICVINEGAR
3-down – In Part B: Rutherford’s primitive form of expression : ARTBRUT
4-down – Succulent cryptic clue is: ‘I’d brought round ring’ : DELICIOUS
5-down – Save time: break off edge of plank : BUTTEND
6-down – Hits that come in twos : SOCKS
7-down – No dream property would cramp one : REALITY
8-down – Fill in catchword, ‘Wicked!’ — it’ll make you feel more cool : WINDCHILLFACTOR
15-down – Repeat sentence about inmate : RECONVICT
17-down – At present partly within affluent city : NORWICH
18-down – Food involved in Jedi blessing : EDIBLES
20-down – How, in USA, change might be presented vocally as anger : INCENSE
22-down – ‘Choc’, a material involved in making upmarket attire : CAMEL
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.