This crossword No. 26773 clues and answers were published on Wed 06 Jan 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26773 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Report finding small bed in river : DESCRIBE
5-across – A Democrat picks and chooses : ADOPTS
9-across – Coroner ordered date to be publicly known : ONRECORD
10-across – Time to accept touching award : HONOUR
12-across – Having second thoughts about one making strides : PACES
13-across – Men let oil re-form as a cream : EMOLLIENT
14-across – Cripple protects refuge that can be found : DISCOVERABLE
18-across – Tell one all we arranged and, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it : LETWELLALONE
21-across – Criticises committee’s forthright society : COMPLAINS
23-across – Food includes cold stuffing : FARCE
24-across – Spies like keeping man : AGENTS
25-across – Man catching a perch is tall and thin : BEANPOLE
26-across – Troop leader to burgle believer : THEIST
27-across – Anxious, as sweet dishes are sent back : STRESSED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – It’s boring ’olding ’oop slack : DROOPY
2-down – Hit by second vehicle : STRUCK
3-down – Going back to experience capturing Nazi forces : RECESSIVE
4-down – Boy to instruct officer over deceit? The dog! : BORDERCOLLIE
6-down – Daughter on cycle is funny : DROLL
7-down – Book where dog wears lead on Sunday : PROVERBS
8-down – Swaggered along road with potholes : STRUTTED
11-down – Learn Glen’s smell is getting better : CONVALESCENT
15-down – Assign funds solely for telephone receiver : RINGFENCE
16-down – Sorcery leads to shortage in pub on Tuesday : BLACKART
17-down – Headlong rush crammed into corner : STAMPEDE
19-down – Rustlers shepherds lay hold of : CROOKS
20-down – Guard fed up with dissolution : DEFEND
22-down – Ration American plant : LOTUS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.