This crossword No. 27761 clues and answers were published on Wed 06 Mar 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27761 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Tried to get a bite, admitting mum’s flipping hungry : FAMISHED
5-across – Contrary host carrying too much finds something to sit on : BOTTOM
9-across – One way to prepare food, cold, stopping on the way : ENCROUTE
10-across – Fruit, 75 penceworth regularly nicked? : QUINCE
12-across – Race official in modest accommodation : STARTERHOME
15-across – Uranium and hydrogen extracted from river water : URINE
17-across – Interpreter can’t head off before returning register : ANNOTATOR
18-across – Iberian leader repelled in a former German duchy : FRANCONIA
19-across – Retired doctor aboard express delivers quads : YARDS
20-across – American capital seen as May’s speciality? : SPRINGFIELD
24-across – A loose relation : AUNTIE
25-across – Old Inuit set adrift, weakening : DILUTION
26-across – With difficulty drew Rocky, using the other hand : LUGGED
27-across – Malodorous emission from sheep tucking into mowed grass : SEWERGAS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Thugs said to support charges, around 500 for fodder etc : FEEDSTUFFS
2-down – Michael Caine set off : MECHANICAL
3-down – Partners playing on public grass : SNOUT
4-down – Internet era’s original hosts? : ENTERTAINERS
6-down – Like the overendowed tup, lonely when doctored : OPULENTLY
7-down – Nurse often demanding sample : TEND
8-down – Submissive maiden: ‘You’re scaring me’ : MEEK
11-down – Increase area within ski slope, maybe? : MOUNTAINSIDE
13-down – Contents of oven fed to bird, a malnourished one : STARVELING
14-down – Leaders here keeping identity secret, initially : PRESIDENTS
16-down – Immoderate vices enlivened with sex close to bedtime : EXCESSIVE
21-down – Instrument showing temperature inside pipe : FLUTE
22-down – Part of building with everything? : WALL
23-down – Positioned comfortably, arms raised : SNUG
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.