This crossword No. 26644 clues and answers were published on Fri 07 Aug 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26644 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Actor’s pictures in the mire? : BOGART
4-across – Leave wet clothes outside with mac, both at the back : DECAMP
9-across – Who knows? Take that secret to your grave! : YOUNEVERCANTELL
10-across – Passage of music from composition in E sharp : PHRASE
11-across – Insect in diminutive temple, might you say? : MOSQUITO
12-across – Kit designed to lift the responsibilities of a defender? : BLOCKAND
14-across – Duck gathering first of rotten wood : DRIVER
15-across – Furry thing biting second fluffy thing : MOUSSE
18-across – Make something for washing ass’s rear and a pony, if messy : SAPONIFY
21-across – Behind — behind London it’s sung out loud? : DERRIERE
22-across – See 12 : TACKLE
24-across – Somewhere in London, a scandal featuring Hugh Grant? : NOTTINGHILLGATE
25-across – Nothing left, lake beyond a splash of water : SODALL
26-across – Beat Olivier up? Why not! : LARRUP
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Where relations paid for hotel bar to remove a drunk : BROTHEL
2-down – Grass where a car’s drawn up, covering lawn finally : GANJA
3-down – Where I arrive, when after a resort? : RIVIERA
5-down – Upstanding banker accepting drinks ran out : ELAPSED
6-down – Legendary day in describing a spring birth : ARTHURIAN
7-down – Diminutive friend in range? : PALETTE
8-down – 2 or 3, perhaps, and 500 ready : PRIMED
13-down – Actors awarded stars? Done! : CASTRATED
16-down – Difficult individual to wake up, finally gone : ONEROUS
17-down – Undying love from one later breaking up : ETERNAL
18-down – Date on the boil : SEETHE
19-down – One on a bender, diminutive Irishman? : PATELLA
20-down – Writer was emotionally affected by clue : FELTTIP
23-down – Smoke provoking tears, though not beginning to rise : CIGAR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.