This crossword No. 27831 clues and answers were published on Mon 27 May 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27831 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Socrates’s killer shows a hesitation to bolt : HEMLOCK
5-across – Manage venture for widow : DOWAGER
10-across – Instant credit : TICK
11-across – Teachers’ recipe? It promises to be wholesome! : NUTRITIOUS
12-across – Arouse and race the French : KINDLE
13-across – Scoundrel acquires a popular firm making clothing : RAINCOAT
14-across – Medication sorted out Gail’s acne : ANALGESIC
16-across – Regret drinking port with royal head of state : RULER
17-across – Little or no time to follow screening : SCANT
19-across – Rose’s inelegant disposition : EGLANTINE
23-across – Persist in support for architectural feature : PILASTER
24-across – Mate’s attempt to be sorry : PALTRY
26-across – Film director developed erotic club : BERTOLUCCI
27-across – Talk about item of clothing : CHAT
28-across – Soldiers to pursue struggle for survival : RATRACE
29-across – Hide drug among the soapsuds : LEATHER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Rabble-rousing lacks its initial impression : EDITION
3-down – Enjoyed song about monarch : LIKED
4-down – Admit new church is bound by regulations : CONCEDE
6-down – Duck doctor in spring : ORIGIN
7-down – Battle for a drink on playing area : AGINCOURT
8-down – Bird slow to to imitate : EMULATE
9-down – Opening quietly paper of a kind that gives the betting : STARTINGPRICE
15-down – Ancestral building — a royal house : LANCASTER
18-down – Fit in with artist’s wild fantasy : CHIMERA
20-down – Warn parish priest getting into a lift : APPRISE
21-down – Ran over judge? Tell us the story! : NARRATE
22-down – Character with inclination for one toiletry containing iodine : ITALIC
25-down – Permissible but to some extent duplicitous : LICIT
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.