This crossword No. 26338 clues and answers were published on Thu 14 Aug 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26338 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Caught with dancing muse in river, I’m sorry I have to go : EXCUSEME
9-across – Perfunctory medic with heart replacement : QUICK
10-across – Second favourite revolving stage : STEP
11-across – Old master’s dreadful composition — see inside : FEUDALLORD
12-across – Tart’s topping dislodged by Jack’s nervous movement : JITTER
14-across – Back cooler on top of fur cape, which is just awful : NAFFNESS
16-across – Capital new look waistband : NAIROBI
18-across – A bit of a state when completely surrounded by foreigners : EXCLAVE
21-across – X-ray unit processes not green : ROENTGEN
23-across – Like more piano? Relate : PREFER
24-across – Take care to avoid ox on plain : STEERCLEAR
26-across – Beat bird back : TONK
27-across – Easily get through Disney zone? : WALTZ
28-across – Insecure person taking drugs as the answer : RESPONSE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A country’s get-out: providing former broadcaster with tax-free investment : EXITVISA
2-down – See 23 : PUMP
3-down – Livestock provided in here free : HEIFER
4-down – Old lay sister being involved with EU : BEGUINE
5-down – Paraquat has no peripheral role as water : AQUA
6-down – Poem: The Holiday Home, the Royal Mistress and Earl : VILLANELLE
7-down – Blue-pink endless island : SKYROS
13-down – Lively Italian piece of music: thank-you rave by jazz legend : TARANTELLA
15-down – Cause discolouration of a Quaker? : FOX
17-down – Plumb ugly housing tap : BUG
19-down – Like Schubert’s rocking Seven in E : VIENNESE
20-down – Forget studies of tragic role in curtailed Nunn production : UNLEARN
22-down – Capital raised by ace inventor: zero : OTTAWA
23-down – Petty mythological abductor with hard footwear : PARISH
25-down – Intimate chat of a lord with a good track record, reportedly : COZE
26-down – Pace is wrong on the rebound : TROT
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.