This crossword No. 26718 clues and answers were published on Mon 02 Nov 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26718 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Go on and on for something to eat : WAFFLE
4-across – Inform sailor about dance : BALLET
9-across – Diamonds taken from cheating wife in Austria : FRAU
10-across – No better ground over in dump : UNIMPROVED
11-across – Bird that is behind may finish off doctor : MAGPIE
12-across – In her case a bird expressed approval : HEARHEAR
13-across – Monster from lake — at home, primarily, in water : LEVIATHAN
15-across – Water carrier one’s seen in China : PAIL
16-across – Term used in local library : CALL
17-across – Very small worker saw about getting upper hand : ADVANTAGE
21-across – Bugs Bunny’s beginning to play with Queen Isabella after vacation : BACTERIA
22-across – Lack of resistance in curtains : DEARTH
24-across – Replicate a diabolical work of art in a church : ALTARPIECE
25-across – Good substitute for daughter in blue dress : GOWN
26-across – Let me see right in short drink : SHERRY
27-across – Missing article, let us suppose, entertaining Turkey : ASTRAY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Yorkshire runners heard fighting : WARFARE
2-down – Dowdy woman following behind : FRUMP
3-down – Do lutes quaver at the end of crescendo? : LOUDEST
5-down – Look after patients, taking the first fruit : APPEAR
6-down – Brave man left island, having abandoned a throne : LIONHEART
7-down – Woman in labour that may require pedicure : TOENAIL
8-down – Mad English hag, mad Scottish assembly : HIGHLANDGAMES
14-down – Embarrassed leader leaving house with kid : ILLATEASE
16-down – City in Provence supporting disheartened Czech prince : CHARLES
18-down – Buckle down to speech : ADDRESS
19-down – I don’t believe you dig a road : GETAWAY
20-down – Right page found by cowboy? : PROPER
23-down – Herald upfront in a cover-up : AUGUR
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.