This crossword No. 26064 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 Sep 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26064 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Conservative leader punching riffraff, I read — heartless creature : MOCKING
5-across – Spinner translates as which meaning? : WASHING
9-across – Plant digit on distance to encompass street : MISTLETOE
10-across – Highly strung cross-dresser? : VIOLA
11-across – A vile secretion it isn’t, hurriedly exclaimed? : SNOT
12-across – Losing our screws behind middle of cabinet is shameful : INGLORIOUS
14-across – Operation, why : BYPASS
15-across – An allotment of cedar, but usually mayflower : ARBUTUS
16-across – Disgraced President Obama caught out touching Miss Universe on two fronts : MUBARAK
18-across – Find swimmer swigging it on closure of boozer : RARITY
20-across – Man of noble birth, yet gutless, getting personal in Oxford, say : COUNTYTOWN
21-across – Water, a drink that’s not very strong : AQUA
24-across – Lay to rest individual indefinite number managed to return : INURN
25-across – Ground-breaking invention carries rubbish, if secured : SCARIFIER
26-across – Figure holding painting back to get on vehicle : ENTRAIN
27-across – English college, drained of ale, recalled the king’s dying moments? : ENDGAME
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – One’s carrier? Something more to say? It’s a disease : MUMPS
2-down – Detention somewhat like a trifle, say? : CUSTODY
3-down – To say it’s landlocked is somewhat misleading? : ISLE
4-down – Run OK, ten stages negotiated, runner up? : GETONESSKATESON
5-down – Contest won hands down? : WHEELBARROWRACE
6-down – Natural phenomenon, magnificent quantity consuming river, one going on and on and on? : SEVERNBORE
7-down – Settle on going into hiding under Iranian leadership : IRONOUT
8-down – Item often misplaced by good girls : GLASSES
13-down – Misspell it, Rumania — a country : MAURITANIA
16-down – See 5 across : MACHINE
17-down – Cheer J loudly, but then ____, for the flowers : BOUQUET
19-down – Drink booked with 1 across 23, roughly speaking? : TEQUILA
22-down – A shade short, shake hands : AGREE
23-down – See 1 across : BIRD
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.