This crossword No. 26146 clues and answers were published on Thu 02 Jan 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26146 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Vehicle condition needs attention, back to front : ESTATECAR
6-across – Relict without name to be seen through? : WIDOW
9-across – Where to find soft material : PLACE
10-across – Tennis player who takes unfair advantage? : RACKETEER
11-across – It makes one fall, endlessly : SIN
12-across – People go down with hard complaints in Somerset : MENDIPHILLS
14-across – Shipmates upset on the Queen Elizabeth? : STEAMER
15-across – See about student turning colour when getting on : ELDERLY
16-across – Foreign copper gets doctor free : MOUNTIE
19-across – High point frequently in inferior backing : ROOFTOP
22-across – Natural dwarfishness? : UNDERGROWTH
23-across – Disordered, having been created short : MAD
24-across – Spill the beans twice, when there’s only one … : SINGLETON
26-across – … or none, which is comic : BEANO
27-across – Possibly loitering with intent — that’s the girl! : SUSIE
28-across – Rhubarb thrown away? : CASTASIDE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Shows up former attitudes : EXPOSES
2-down – Student without one might be neater : TRAINEE
3-down – Mother accidentally encountered royalty with some measure of warmth : THERMOMETER
4-down – Nothing in difficult situation can hold court : CORONER
5-down – Admit always rising over broken ice : RECEIVE
6-down – Questionable sound of a river? : WYE
7-down – Dickens beginning with character of resident : DWELLER
8-down – Lazy output by heartless Harry : WORKSHY
13-down – It can stop you from drinking : HYDROPHOBIA
16-down – Old Jew keeps us in desserts : MOUSSES
17-down – International body consumes water spirits : UNDINES
18-down – Unreliable boy catches rodent : ERRATIC
19-down – Left wing, about to conquer, turns back : REWINDS
20-down – Percussion gives boy awful pain : TIMPANI
21-down – Priest carries on as innkeeper : PADRONE
25-down – General shelter : LEE
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.