### Clue: Left in dilemma, as was Gloucester in 27 10 (5)
### Answer: BLIND 
 ### Explanation: Definition: as was Gloucester in 27 10
 L(abbrev. for "left") **contained in**(in) BIND(a dilemma;a difficult situation).
Defn: …, that is, the Earl of Gloucester in Shakespeare's King Lear;answers to 27 and 10 across, who had his eyes gouged out.