This crossword No. 26281 clues and answers were published on Mon 09 Jun 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26281 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Needle for decoration on artificial silk : OBELISK
5-across – Relatives get a quarter — sighs of relief! : NEPHEWS
10-across – Agreed, but not about being old : AGED
11-across – Where publicans are locked up? : BEHINDBARS
12-across – The old soldiers before one are Arabians : YEMENI
13-across – Slash the price of flimsy material : LACERATE
14-across – Delayed entering aisle, distressed, being nervous : ILLATEASE
16-across – The Irish Bill? : GARDA
17-across – Dock, where a sailor may sleep : BERTH
19-across – Describing insects with wings of short span : EPHEMERAL
23-across – The intelligentsia left going over the same thing again? It’s not on : LITERATI
24-across – Right sort of stock : EQUITY
26-across – Rival to study before exam — an exemplary worker : CONTESTANT
27-across – In a way, it may mean this month : INST
28-across – Every setback about it is instructive : TEACHES
29-across – Naval jail and potential inmate : BRIGAND
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Important contract gets scornful response : BIGDEAL
3-down – House deposit : LODGE
4-down – Glorious rendering of Under the Linden Tree : SUBLIME
6-down – She can turn out to be an upper-class niece : EUNICE
7-down – Breathe in, when gone to sleep in winter : HIBERNATE
8-down – Wiped the floor with woollen fabric : WORSTED
9-down – Being wise, resigned : PHILOSOPHICAL
15-down – Teach unit members to become trustworthy : AUTHENTIC
18-down – The embodiment of a mince pie, in my opinion : EPITOME
20-down – Sort of seat for a high-flyer : EJECTOR
21-down – Sinatra, swinging expert : ARTISAN
22-down – A girl that is under another : LASSIE
25-down – Availing oneself of an American gin sling : USING
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.