This crossword No. 1427 clues and answers were published on Sun 12 Feb 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 1427 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Deputy leader : VICEPRESIDENT
8-across – Polite term : EUPHEMISM
9-across – Type of fish : GAR
10-across – Ruminant : DEER
11-across – Game played with bat and ball : ROUNDERS
13-across – Explosive device : PETARD
15-across – Completely : INTOTO
17-across – Journalist : REPORTER
18-across – Cast off : SHED
21-across – Hostelry : INN
22-across – Design cut into a surface : ENGRAVING
24-across – Very latest : UPTOTHEMINUTE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Contend : VIE
2-down – Small wooded area : COPSE
3-down – Request or supplication : PLEA
4-down – Newspaper employee : EDITOR
5-down – Close at hand : IMMINENT
6-down – Spanish painter : ELGRECO
7-down – Doorway : THRESHOLD
10-down – French actor : DEPARDIEU
12-down – Salacious : PRURIENT
14-down – Arrangement of hair in a bun : TOPKNOT
16-down – Scanty : MEAGRE
19-down – Short poem : HAIKU
20-down – Hector Hugh Munro – kind of monkey : SAKI
23-down – Expression of surprise : GEE
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.