This crossword No. 26457 clues and answers were published on Thu 01 Jan 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26457 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Mate rounded Cape unnoticed : HUBBY
10-across – They worship former Tory leader, full of lies or nonsense : IDOLISERS
11-across – Had better drug previously, it seemed to Arachne : METHOUGHT
12-across – Split from husband, heading off to give birth in cowshed : HALVE
13-across – Grey matter with a laminated cover : THALAMI
15-across – Cold meal wrapped in foil : SCUPPER
17-across – Date of road tax moving forward : TRYST
18-across – Mo’s audible nervous habit : TIC
20-across – Perfectly embodies the ultimate in courageous soldier material : TOAST
22-across – Do successors occupy country, having ousted last PM? : PREMIER
25-across – Lure fish in a westerly direction and downwind : LEEWARD
26-across – Show indifference and keep quiet, when confronted with wig : SHRUG
27-across – People who undermine subordinates slyly, but noiselessly : SABOTEURS
30-across – They went in search of sheepskin, as bottled gas ran out : ARGONAUTS
31-across – Chat show host walks on water : PIERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Buddy and Charlie don’t know the words? : CHUM
2-down – Passing mention of sex in broken Yoruba : OBITUARY
3-down – Rookie Conservative, upside down and back to front : TYRO
4-down – Six ducks living on Scottish islands, one with more than one tongue : LINGUIST
5-down – Chemist stocks drug for stars : BOOTES
6-down – Shadowy figure trashing hotel suite : SILHOUETTE
7-down – Friend tied knot round wattle : DEWLAP
8-down – American female tennis legend : ASHE
13-down – Ram’s purpose, in sum : TOTUP
14-down – Styptic band inserted into a temporary splint : ASTRINGENT
16-down – Esteemed journalist is buried under grass : RATED
19-down – A centre for research into breadfruit : CALABASH
21-down – You can count on these four Swedes swearing out loud : ABACUSES
23-down – Ends of Rice, Brown and Garner? Time for anger : ENRAGE
24-down – Hit squire near the knuckle : RISQUE
26-down – Most of matchmaker’s meeting with male went smoothly : SWAM
28-down – Booze off limits to birth control enthusiast : TOPE
29-down – Really big sizes are in the ascendant, OK? : SOSO
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.