This crossword No. 27780 clues and answers were published on Thu 28 Mar 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27780 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Trouble began under sea … or lower? : ABERDEENANGUS
10-across – Twice I let suit run public services : UTILITIES
11-across – Little time for a gloomy type : MOPER
12-across – Nancy’s lover is 21 on film : SIKES
13-across – Mammal disconcerted eating Welshman : TREESHREW
14-across – Was a candidate returned? Consider recount : NARRATE
16-across – ‘Fish good for us’ : GOURAMI
18-across – Finishes posting, having succeeded at last : ENDINGS
20-across – Part company after rent increase : SPLITUP
21-across – ‘Answer attack with force’ : ABOUTFACE
23-across – About to have almost a month on island : CAPRI
24-across – Brute’s associates in dramatic murder back on run, say : UTTER
25-across – Travelling by rail, I missed getting seat : INTRANSIT
26-across – Copying the example of fans at match : FOLLOWINGSUIT
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Narrow-minded and maybe retired? : BLINKERED
3-down – Attacks are loud on a Tory leader, initially : RAIDS
4-down – Most impressive! Let’s reread communication : EPISTLE
5-down – Fledgling gets encouraged to climb, having something to fall back on : NESTEGG
6-down – Charlie no longer operating, welcomes doctors into country : NUMBSKULL
7-down – Part of Oxford University course, right? : UPPER
8-down – Worth a trial? : NUISANCEVALUE
9-down – PM that is prepared to spin, getting credit : BROWNIEPOINTS
15-down – One relative without uniform, another without clothes : AUNATUREL
17-down – Fabulous body — one quietly captivated for starters : ANTIPASTI
19-down – Prospect of the drink running out — wives each getting stuck in : SEAVIEW
20-down – Make more agreeable to repeatedly small number : SWEETEN
22-down – Better be enough — dismissed previously : OUTDO
23-down – Grossly stupid councillor Trump’s behind : CRASS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.