This crossword No. 26769 clues and answers were published on Fri 01 Jan 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26769 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – National articles : AFGHAN
5-across – Said to hitch up with the enemy of the sea : MARITIME
9-across – Bird has no energy to collect dole money for the landlord : PUBLICAN
10-across – Read about redhead getting tough : STURDY
11-across – Good or bad, sits a plant : SATISFACTORY
13-across – Not in favour of Ain’t Misbehavin’ : ANTI
14-across – Porter back in speed move : RELOCATE
17-across – The odds on awful scoop splashed out in the paper : FOOLSCAP
18-across – God of generosity : EROS
20-across – What makes Bunny buy into pretentious behaviour? : NAMEDROPPING
23-across – Not half kick, my chilli pickles : KIMCHI
24-across – Fast harmful drugs here : PHARMACY
25-across – A single ship? That’s a joke : ONELINER
26-across – European leader to disappear a hundred times : DANISH
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – What’s better than a full house as cause for reform? : FOUR
3-down – Keeps register to put a stop to motion : HOLDSTILL
4-down – Fine point of Germanic etymology : NICETY
5-down – Order to pen rap music part here : MANUSCRIPTPAPER
6-down – Roguish partner chasing roguish cars : RASCALLY
7-down – Ultimately slept with family member to be provocative : TAUNT
8-down – A communist uprising blocks proposal for temperance : MODERATION
12-down – Hotel needs hand in development : INNOVATION
15-down – Perhaps bishop with cold mouth and nose first to catch dreaded disease : CLERGYMAN
16-down – Stinger capable of releasing poison? It’s often nasty to begin with : SCORPION
19-down – Vulgar criminal Blair indicted at last : RIBALD
21-down – Be good when 40, as they say : EXCEL
22-down – See 2 : ACES
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.