This crossword No. 27797 clues and answers were published on Wed 17 Apr 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27797 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Lightweight compiler in trouble with a bunch of pedants : GRAMMAR
5-across – Delay use outside America : SUSPEND
9-across – Said extra large is better : EXCEL
10-across – At home in hell — probing Nazi group’s sinister quality : SHADINESS
11-across – They offer treatment to those almost past being cured : OSTEOPATHS
12-across – It’s painful to hear what drinks cost, though not poor : BARB
14-across – Prick! Empty rhetoric to Welsh about architectural feature : LANCETWINDOW
18-across – Football lover during Fulham tie: Get off! : THEBEAUTIFUL
21-across – Take home nursing assistant in the van — nice! : NEAT
22-across – ‘Is it wrong chopping heads off?’ : STRONGHOLD
25-across – Complicated procedure in part — current government getting hurt : RIGMAROLE
26-across – Fell about at first — relax! : CHILL
27-across – See 5 down : WESTERN
28-across – Vandalised old people’s tombs : DOLMENS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Hired thug carrying drugs proceeds : GOESON
2-down – Writer’s account, one side claimed, not at all measured : ALCOTT
3-down – Improved second-class accommodation for priest and daughter : MELIORATED
4-down – Dreads person from flats arguing back : RASTA
5-down – Doubtful The Sting was Peter’s kind of film : SPAGHETTI
6-down – Did state charity previously lead to scrounging? : SAID
7-down – At lecture I see : EYECANDY
8-down – Department’s organised but slow — it isn’t productive : DUSTBOWL
13-down – Medical head going to follow books of worship : LITURGICAL
15-down – Nobleman’s wife coming in to put on show : COUNTDOWN
16-down – Endure religious classes with holy man : STANDREW
17-down – Makes crazy demand to begin with — called in to get it overturned : DERANGES
19-down – See 1 across : POLICE
20-down – Makes rotten drinks in big cups? On the contrary : ADDLES
23-down – Upright individual gets nude occasionally : ONEND
24-down – See 18 : GAME
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.