This crossword No. 27987 clues and answers were published on Mon 25 Nov 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27987 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
4-across – Capital doctor, with mostly unpleasant expression : MOSCOW
6-across – Perhaps bank holds a very fragrant plant : LAVENDER
9-across – An unexpected pleasure for the books to arrive : TURNUP
10-across – Withdrawn, Edward’s back hurt : DETACHED
11-across – Under another name, does he produce tales of the supernatural? : GHOSTWRITER
15-across – Curled around front of bolster, on this? : TWINBED
17-across – Anger me, failing to be relevant : GERMANE
18-across – Where soldiers may go after leave is the wrong way round : BACKTOFRONT
22-across – I’m on the phone still : IMMOBILE
23-across – Even smaller than Tim? : TINIER
24-across – Put off professional prankster : PROROGUE
25-across – Dressed for holiday in France? : ENFETE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Vigorous, decline to take public transport : ROBUST
2-down – With target organised, allowing no escape : WATERTIGHT
3-down – Does he fix broken marriages? : REPAIRER
4-down – Lessen hardness of college entrance — one gets in : MITIGATE
5-down – Spaniard in Indian dress attracts constant sneering : SARDONIC
7-down – Children’s author had to lift line : DAHL
8-down – Travelled: do we hear what on? : RODE
12-down – Ludicrous? I could be re-interpreted as this : RIDICULOUS
13-down – Aliens go mad for fuel : GASOLINE
14-down – No tears, if you get such housing? : RENTFREE
16-down – Not very big explosion in births? : BABYBOOM
19-down – Just before Saturday, get intimate : FRIEND
20-down – Feeble chap’s wife a devil : WIMP
21-down – I’m fired, found lying in hammock : AMMO
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.