This crossword No. 27924 clues and answers were published on Thu 12 Sep 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27924 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Talk covers an about-turn by the head of ecumenical religious office : RABBINATE
10-across – What’s in author’s envelope is fatal, if swallowed by an old lady : HORSE
11-across – Leaves with story about making Cornish pasty : SPINACH
12-across – I am shocked with young and old extremists joining resistance unit : OHMYGOD
13-across – Slim figure at last is yours! : THINE
14-across – High level of the gender problem : NTHDEGREE
16-across – Open marriage initially helped to clean out film-maker : CINEMATOGRAPHER
19-across – Talked about less healthy lands covered in heather, bracken and trees : SYCAMORES
21-across – Stomach upset oddly not seen in school disco : COLIC
22-across – Old broken chair engulfed by current : ARCHAIC
23-across – Brush round a French officers’ mess once : GUNROOM
24-across – What may be found in the gut in ulcerative colitis : ECOLI
25-across – Jury may be missing one side : ELEVENMEN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Nitty-gritty of piles below underwear : BRASSTACKS
2-down – Ignorance of Bach’s first violin playing : OBLIVION
3-down – Academic abandons extravagant tie : LIGATE
4-down – Flog cash, reducing capital by 50% : LASH
5-down – A poo gushes out from this part of the digestive system : OESOPHAGUS
6-down – This man turned over region chasing ultimate in psychopathic monster : CHIMAERA
7-down – Urge to break into the perimeter of Kashmir’s national park : KRUGER
8-down – Grain yield report : SEED
14-down – Something from Tchaikovsky for Brazil? : NUTCRACKER
15-down – Rising affluence meant ‘China era’ not as planned : ENRICHMENT
17-down – Colonial address back in Nairobi has memories : MEMSAHIB
18-down – One theologian upset over love for cheese : HALLOUMI
20-down – Copper and cook disrupted interloper : CUCKOO
21-down – Curved kind of oven found in empty chateaux : CONVEX
22-down – Help N-Z? : ABET
23-down – Delight at the start of ‘Gimme Shelter’ : GLEE
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.