This crossword No. 27953 clues and answers were published on Wed 16 Oct 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27953 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – King has a change of heart initially, having to trample over crusader : KNIGHT
4-across – See 1 : TEMPLAR
9-across – Frustrating skin defect in article : THWARTING
10-across – Stand in line to hear writer die as such : CUBIC
11-across – Religion is a bit of a growth industry : HINDU
12-across – Plenty in support of amalgamation : PROFUSION
13-across – From the East, an aroma is emerging : NASCENT
15-across – In France, you read Italian : TUSCAN
17-across – Tour Iran, plus half the planet : URANUS
19-across – Request tree-lined square borders : BESEECH
22-across – They say solver had dinner late to lose strength : ATTENUATE
24-across – Turned up really loud, music essentially is pants : PUFFS
26-across – A number are into computers : DIGIT
27-across – Right fuss after outrageous speed: it’s criminal : DESPERADO
28-across – Extremely undemocratic to interrupt the development of nearly green power generation : NUCLEAR
29-across – See 28 : ENERGY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Keen to welcome both long and terribly grand plot for production : KITCHEN
2-down – Here Ryde is an American : IOWAN
3-down – Strong as Poirot? : HERCULEAN
4-down – Vessel manoeuvre: starting to go about : TUGBOAT
5-down – Once an island bird losing half its tail? : MACAU
6-down – Car built to run on the ultimate in engine oil : LUBRICATE
7-down – Isn’t he wrong breaking into minister’s residence not long ago? : RECENT
8-down – Sticker permitted troublemaker to enter : LIMPET
14-down – Calculated harm to banning e-cigarettes : STRATEGIC
16-down – He sips any cocktail that’s hard and fruitless : SISYPHEAN
18-down – Speak ill of topless Lesbian? : SLANDER
19-down – Bristol sounds like a French port : BREAST
20-down – See 7 : HISTORY
21-down – See 1 : GARDEN
23-down – Inverting upside-down explosive : NITRE
25-down – Natural ability to pick up a distress signal : FLAIR
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.