This crossword No. 27823 clues and answers were published on Fri 17 May 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27823 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bar where XXXX’s brewed Dutch settler drinks : BOOZER
4-across – More than one bound to get drink in bar : MARGINS
9-across – Bar beginning to rock, joint almost back in mood : TOBLERONE
10-across – Russian dish baked without filling, virtually inedible at first : BLINI
11-across – Useless exercise by pioneer oddly forgotten : INEPT
12-across – Money returned by the way, covered by bill for meat : BEEFSTEAK
13-across – Buttocks finally scratched by short Middle Eastern woman famous for modelling : TUSSAUD
15-across – Flipping dull, echoing gong : TAMTAM
17-across – Hat figure put on head, turned around : BONNET
19-across – Old annalist understood everyone here : TACITUS
22-across – In shelter, female with long fingernail given a wide berth : LEFTALONE
24-across – Name a character in the centre of big Gulf state : DUBAI
26-across – Wine bar frequented by sweet Fanny Adams : SOAVE
27-across – Elastic band found in small bar : SCRUNCHIE
28-across – Supporter left in street, befuddled : TRESTLE
29-across – Jolly casual punches in bar : GALAXY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – In bar, risk bottles : BETWIXT
2-down – Game of cards seldom breaking banks : OMBRE
3-down – Trouble looking worse ultimately, certainly with retinue : EYESTRAIN
4-down – Old player, female in the field grabbed by supporter : MAEWEST
5-down – Something to solve on double-decker : REBUS
6-down – Travelling, some fork taken in country, heading for town : ITINERANT
7-down – Barry, it could be said, appears difficult : STICKY
8-down – Bar supporting bridge venture? : FORBID
14-down – Drifter on bar, overly sensitive type : SNOWFLAKE
16-down – Staff party in a new part of Greece : MACEDONIA
18-down – Foot I test out, trapping two balls? : TOOTSIE
19-down – Tentative insight as to why crack is filled with two gases : THEORY
20-down – Queen Mary, say, getting bottom scrubbed, so cold : SHIVERY
21-down – Private sector’s heart broken by waste : CLOSET
23-down – Head off alien, green head off! : AVERT
25-down – State of Brazil’s sheepish comment about greeting : BAHIA
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.