This crossword No. 26234 clues and answers were published on Tue 15 Apr 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26234 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – European Commission about to restrict non-standard dance rhythm : CADENCE
5-across – White copper put black boy in cell without clothes : CUEBALL
10-across – Big British clearing banks seeing problem : IRITIS
11-across – Cockney was required to make uniform of acceptable quality : ADEQUATE
12-across – Oddly withdrawn, bitchy and hostile : ICY
13-across – Duck died, sounding strange : DEARIE
14-across – Alluring, like a Pole? : MAGNETIC
15-across – Not clean or suitable for all to see, lust could be good : USING
16-across – Pink, turning red, on dune : UNDERDONE
19-across – People love to hold back change : MENOPAUSE
21-across – With time to spare, like an aristocrat? : EARLY
24-across – Ban hare coursing, a Cuban speciality : HABANERA
26-across – Traumatised son left owing money : INHOCK
27-across – 0-1 in Holland : NIL
28-across – Women’s groups, ordered to accept married men, refuse : WITHHOLD
29-across – Box of vibrators? : LARYNX
30-across – Bad priests continue to exist : PERSIST
31-across – Vatican report entirely groundless : HOLYSEE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Smooth head shaved close : AIRLESS
3-down – Have sympathetic understanding for fluid retention : ENTERINTO
4-down – They keep eggs warm, because that’s the point of incubators : COSIES
6-down – Anorak supremely unsuited on floating ice, I’m afraid : UBERGEEK
7-down – Bestial Caesar’s last word? : BRUTE
8-down – Soviet grandmaster returned by way of northern Baltic : LATVIAN
9-down – Tax haven is scandal many put to bad use : CAYMANISLANDS
17-down – Are unsure about blood group ahead of extremely messy treatment : DIATHERMY
18-down – Retreat initially over cutting 75% of benefits for the poor : HAVENOTS
20-down – Starts to express vexation when setter’s vague : EVASIVE
22-down – Sanction excess freedom for poet? : LICENCE
23-down – In the bathtub I’ll yodel anything : BILLYO
25-down – Hard-hearted fit-for-work company, one of a combative trio : ATHOS
This crossword has in total 31 where 18 are across and 13 are down.