This crossword No. 4027 clues and answers were published on Sun 24 Dec 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 4027 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Note you’ll hear: warmer Mexican fare : FAJITA
8-across – I’m persuasive. Like a milkshake? : SMOOTHIE
9-across – Cryptic clue for wolf – or pheasant, perhaps : WILDFOWL
10-across – Meal measures up perfectly? To some extent : SUPPER
11-across – In Korean capital, lacking energy, scoff seeing sweet potato pie, etc : SOULFOOD
12-across – Singular hawker, we’re told, dined – but not at home : ATEOUT
13-across – Old French president concealing origins of affaire involving starlet: sauce! : HOLLANDAISE
18-across – With teetotaller absent, brunette prepared something with rye : REUBEN
20-across – Clown to stagger back: source of clip-clop sounds? : COCONUTS
22-across – Put lid on whisky : SCOTCH
23-across – Everyman ‘a hilarious person’, did you say? That’s … sweet : ICECREAM
24-across – Good job that’s how some like their steak : WELLDONE
25-across – Northern Europeans’ roots : SWEDES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Some paratha, ricotta and a kind of bean : HARICOT
2-down – Rice and this curry can be arranged for Leonardo da Vinci! : VINDALOO
3-down – Booze; aroma: roses – or latterly, oak, primarily? : BAROLO
4-down – Mostly chocolatey dessert? In other words … it includes lamb : MOUSSAKA
5-down – Form an attachment to rice, perhaps : STAPLE
6-down – Languish with idiot having assembled something for pasta sauce : PINENUT
8-down – I sailed oceans meandering to find Riviera speciality : SALADENICOISE
14-down – Initially lacking punch : LUNCHEON
15-down – Not finishing various starters of Italian endives, dressed like some tomatoes : SUNDRIED
16-down – Attractive people that are often fuzzy and usually stoned : PEACHES
17-down – Ship that may contain broccoli : STEAMER
19-down – Grit that’s used for storing wine : BOTTLE
21-down – Characteristic of Leicester …? How to characterise some grins? : CHEESY
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.