This crossword No. 26152 clues and answers were published on Thu 09 Jan 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26152 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – One’s taken to court to crush illegal activity : SQUASH
4-across – One of two circles, one left to turn around : TROPIC
9-across – Totally reliable friend endlessly quaffing drink : CAST
10-across – Aubrey’s work as it happens in underpants : BRIEFLIVES
11-across – Stab with tip of dagger in weapon : PIERCE
12-across – A parting pursuit involving death that’s memorable : HAUNTING
13-across – Wearing cooler hat, not so sophisticated : INFANTILE
15-across – Pot plant planted initially on border : HEMP
16-across – Just OK : FAIR
17-across – Cross waves in secret to defect, ultimately : INTERSECT
21-across – Sailor out of tune, that’s plain : SALTFLAT
22-across – Raise the dead with word of hesitation in old man : EXHUME
24-across – Disease caught by pair, lots scattered in terror : SPOILTBRAT
25-across – See 9 : IRON
26-across – Dissolute king half consumed by evidence of herpes? : RAKISH
27-across – See 1 : RACKET
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 19 : STATION
2-down – Blurt out rank : UTTER
3-down – Matter caught between modes of transport : SUBJECT
5-down – Red setter, did you say? : RUFOUS
6-down – It’s not worth doing, to be blunt : POINTLESS
7-down – Inclination to enter competition to make a great profit : CLEANUP
8-down – Alchemists in cooking about right — to earn these? : MICHELINSTARS
14-down – Not quite clever enough — or too much? : ABITTHICK
16-down – Party girl, a bird? : FLAPPER
18-down – Avenger waiting to serve God : ELECTRA
19-down – In America, where one goes to monitor facts after a review : COMFORT
20-down – Gas faults in need of repair : FLATUS
23-down – Raise yokel to strangle duck : HOICK
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.