This crossword No. 27934 clues and answers were published on Tue 24 Sep 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27934 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – What might get thrown, if pub’s beginning meals with no starter : PUNCHES
8-across – Rubbish setter, perhaps, but one with tenacious spirit : BULLDOG
9-across – Draw? Point for football team, commonly : TOWN
10-across – State of confusion in Salem about first to tour non-European capital : MAELSTROM
12-across – This female’s working as a flying fish catcher : HERON
13-across – Cause to look foolish, if improperly fit and lusty : STULTIFY
15-across – Ring road in Belgium, around its capital : EURO
16-across – Song originally on release when backing Prince? : ROYAL
17-across – Coin about right for one from these shores : BRIT
18-across – PDSA role in treatment for cats : LEOPARDS
20-across – Bloody Mary following dance? No harm in it! : BALLY
21-across – Sloth potentially extremely boring? Wrong! : DEADLYSIN
22-across – Politician after very good solicitor : PIMP
24-across – Beastly European old man replaced by West Indian leader : SWINISH
25-across – Chap taking the strain? He’s a saint : PATRICK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Novelist with great love for English : HUGO
2-down – Outline result, if arsenic mixed with oxygen : SCENARIO
3-down – Hamburger, say, as part of hunger management? : GERMAN
4-down – Eejit is senseless, but no b***** nutcase? : NUMSKULL
5-down – Bit of broccoli left over after essential part cut off : FLORET
6-down – John and Mark seem ominously close : LOOM
11-down – Lamb, Bacon etc? Try in soups, then stews primarily : ESSAYISTS
12-down – Put up with uniform, initially, when made to wear stockings : HOUSE
14-down – Rather lost out as Puck? : FAIRY
16-down – Move to live in the country where river is in swell : RURALISE
17-down – Approximate Spoonerism of which makes another setter make a beastly noise? : BALLPARK
19-down – Obvious time for a legal statement of grievance : PLAINT
20-down – Talk to writer about rubbish setting? : BINBAG
21-down – Party with odd bits of wine to drink : DOWN
23-down – Nutmeg’s sibling is a symbol of authority in the 12 down : MACE
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.