This crossword No. 26550 clues and answers were published on Mon 20 Apr 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26550 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Gorilla has to consume fruit outside : GREATAPE
5-across – One’s lucky in races beyond a mile : MASCOT
9-across – Chief means for a yacht to travel by sea? : MAINSAIL
10-across – Delivery man? : BOWLER
12-across – A backward idiot, apart from all else : ALOOF
13-across – What the listener does in actual practice : REHEARSAL
14-across – Push lever to gets news handout : PRESSRELEASE
18-across – Scornful of fashionable costume put on : CONTEMPTUOUS
21-across – River lighter may transfer the ashes : TESTMATCH
23-across – Relish a piece of impudence : SAUCE
24-across – Adult scholar with true disposition : MATURE
25-across – Girl to sign for earnings : SALARIES
26-across – Poverty to the French produces hostility : NEEDLE
27-across – Excluded lawyers’ right to be in action : DEBARRED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A pivotal aid at sea? : GIMBAL
2-down – He may have set features at work : EDITOR
3-down – The initial question is put with vigour and detachment : TASKFORCE
4-down – His rapport with me may lead to a life of pleasure : PRIMROSEPATH
6-down – Wool drops a point in the market : AGORA
7-down – Enormous deficit in solid fuel : COLOSSAL
8-down – When stream enters the river it provides excitement : THRILLER
11-down – Full board in a way : THOROUGHFARE
15-down – Crude oil in a USA state : LOUISIANA
16-down – Northerner gives berth on board to one of the crew : SCOTSMAN
17-down – Liqueur made in top Eastern state : ANISETTE
19-down – Sort of school French king goes up to after short month : JUNIOR
20-down – Well acquainted with the metric system : VERSED
22-down – Right, or in French, wrong : MORAL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.