This crossword No. 26419 clues and answers were published on Mon 17 Nov 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26419 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Floating at sea, for the most part? : INTHEMAIN
8-across – Make a correction to starboard : RIGHT
9-across – Dieting so mistakenly could adversely affect this : DIGESTION
10-across – Strictly speaking, the tail of a dog : STERN
12-across – Almost ready to include me in the cure : REMEDY
13-across – Secret American organisation : INCAMERA
14-across – Tabby is prepared to look after another’s young : BABYSIT
17-across – An abstract point, to be exact : PRECISE
20-across – Uncommitted affection? : FREELOVE
22-across – It is said to aid meditation : MANTRA
24-across – Enter the office uninvited? : USURP
25-across – Destroy bacteria, that is with Lister’s treatment : STERILISE
26-across – One hears word of it : MOUTH
27-across – Lincoln is such a city — see around it : CATHEDRAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Small number elevated to job connected with computers : ONLINE
2-down – One caught in the very act of stealing : THIEVERY
3-down – Workshop occupied by strikers : SMITHY
4-down – Delay decision on what to do with a chair : SITONIT
5-down – Some contradict umpire’s ruling : DICTUM
6-down – Cathedral plans to include religious education : CHARTRES
11-down – A better mark : SCAR
15-down – An undergarment one’s upset about, showing wear : ABRASION
16-down – Press for an element essential to life : IRON
18-down – Decide to terminate : CONCLUDE
19-down – The perfect chap to be a match official : BESTMAN
21-down – Such mistakes are holding a sailing man up : ERRATA
22-down – She shows skill in carving ham : MARTHA
23-down – Car’s crashed with a learner — a culpable character : RASCAL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.