This crossword No. 26060 clues and answers were published on Mon 23 Sep 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26060 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Routine disguise for army scout : CUSTOMARY
8-across – Wrest apart and scatter : STREW
9-across – Keep dark for a set period : FORTNIGHT
10-across – Drink brought back by mother from holiday resort : PALMA
12-across – Search frantically for means of support : ARCHES
13-across – Business expense that has gone up? : OVERHEAD
14-across – Unscrupulous person retiring to rest, perhaps : SHYSTER
17-across – Study exam question : CONTEST
20-across – Firm left to slip into bankruptcy? : COLLAPSE
22-across – This French rebel is a red : CERISE
24-across – Legitimate student expelled with dire result : AWFUL
25-across – Clerk to confine drug pedlar : PENPUSHER
26-across – Finger the back of a book : INDEX
27-across – Complain loudly about schooltime left — it may be grinding : WATERMILL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Unusual for us to gossip : RUMOUR
2-down – Sharp pains produced by needles : STITCHES
3-down – It is included in a doctor’s rounds : AMBITS
4-down – Horace set about female — his main opponent? : ARCHFOE
5-down – New act with hat and stick : ATTACH
6-down – Of course, there’s no choice with these : SETMEALS
11-down – He goes down or rises as the star : HERO
15-down – Robin to indicate complicity in trick : HOODWINK
16-down – See key goes to the agent : ESPY
18-down – Novel is remote and tedious : TIRESOME
19-down – Old soldier — there could be a few neater characters : VETERAN
21-down – Hardy, no: evergreen, yes : LAUREL
22-down – A good conductor works on the beat : COPPER
23-down – Times of enchantment : SPELLS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.