This crossword No. 27921 clues and answers were published on Mon 09 Sep 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27921 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Unflappability of working-class men : CALMNESS
9-across – Sense of time wasted knowing no bounds : TASTE
10-across – One exploits setters about to retire : USER
11-across – Met privileged groups carrying large revolvers : SATELLITES
12-across – Lots of powerless lackeys : OODLES
14-across – Warning triangle is broken : ALERTING
15-across – Part of somebody’s Seychelles journey : ODYSSEY
17-across – Briefly anointed barbarous Boris Johnson? : ETONIAN
20-across – Male rewriting article using feet : METRICAL
22-across – French revolutionary losing clothes in US capital : PIERRE
23-across – Tory’s buccaneering plot : CONSPIRACY
24-across – Dull sound of rubbish piano : BUMP
25-across – Little growth in season once November’s gone : SPRIG
26-across – Stupid bears smell beastly : INHUMANE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Old men perhaps foil security measure : PASSWORD
2-down – First of advance military units reach river on the Russian-Chinese border : AMUR
3-down – Against poetry being recited : VERSUS
4-down – Wrong to assume husband butts in here : ASHTRAY
5-down – Most inactive and poorly during Second International : STILLEST
6-down – Help idiot start to improve posture : ASSISTANCE
7-down – Lower status of French ace : DEMEAN
13-down – When all else fails, option Carry On Cleethorpes? : LASTRESORT
16-down – Gets excited over detailed porcelain plates : ETCHINGS
18-down – Bitterness of American crook, regularly missing bounty : ACRIMONY
19-down – Content to leave alcohol, rising QC consumes a lime and soda? : ALKALIS
21-down – Selfishness perhaps is in order : EGOISM
22-down – Tipsy Chechens, full of spirit : PSYCHE
24-down – Girls losing useful devices in coach seats : BUMS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.