This crossword No. 27760 clues and answers were published on Tue 05 Mar 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27760 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Container in mind for rifle : CARBINE
5-across – Put in angle — in briefly? : FADDISH
10-across – Star group written about in contemporary literature : LYRA
11-across – Sudden pain working for plant : SNAPDRAGON
12-across – Some criminal, in earnest, going straight : LINEAR
13-across – In a particular way, maybe the Guardian’s saved in time : DAINTILY
14-across – Leader May frantic — something cooked up in advance : READYMEAL
16-across – See 8 : ALERT
17-across – Grapes not available then? Fleeced? : OVINE
19-across – Minute error initially in damaged travel pass : BUSTICKET
23-across – Embarrassing blunder by blackguard, fellow punching bore : PRATFALL
24-across – Tory with top story thus appearing in many papers : ANDREA
26-across – Article secured by French detectives — for a tanner? : GALLICACID
27-across – Ferry terminal in Felixstowe has shot ahead : TOTE
28-across – Sentence perhaps key, last of many by writer : PENALTY
29-across – See 24 : LEADSOM
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – No matter when, party in the end consumed by self-loathing? : ANYTIME
3-down – Ridiculously bad cabinet minister ultimately a boring tool : BRACE
4-down – Hypothetical solution to sum never extremely diabolical : NOSTRUM
6-down – See 3 : ANDBIT
7-down – I slid coat off, relaxed after being pumped up? : DIASTOLIC
8-down – Tories all repent, not half floundering — look away, if you don’t want to know! : SPOILER
9-down – Player catching a target with smooth stone : SANDRABULLOCK
15-down – ‘Dress in a state’, declares expert fashion designer : DONATELLA
18-down – See 15 : VERSACE
20-down – Balls move from side to side after Tottenham taking the lead? : TWADDLE
21-down – Creole tune originally played as synthesised music : ELECTRO
22-down – Awfully clean on top of table, surgeon’s knife : LANCET
25-down – Were a couple old-fashioned? : DATED
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.