This crossword No. 26785 clues and answers were published on Wed 20 Jan 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26785 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Initiates approaches to restrain old boys’ clubs : COMMENCES
6-across – Girl one met at a party : GALA
8-across – It’s part of a kit of beer supplied to Germany with chaser : BASSDRUM
9-across – Boy initiated and carried out some spooning : LADLED
10-across – Qualification shows everything about a girl : ALEVEL
11-across – Girl, star at last in Crazy Lady for about four weeks : LUNARDAY
12-across – New boy? : JUSTIN
15-across – Ashdown’s May forfeit at end of vote: a myth? Not exactly, at last : EATMYHAT
16-across – It’s sweet girl in some trouble : MOLASSES
19-across – Girl auto enthusiasts? : CARMEN
21-across – Girl to excel with food : BEATRICE
22-across – Isn’t able to get girl into bed : CANNOT
24-across – Boatman in Paris : JEROME
25-across – Girl sent crazy by LSD in the ’60s : STERLING
26-across – Imperfect, flawed, failing you fundamentally? : IFFY
27-across – Perhaps my girl’s only starting letting loose : SONGTITLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Write badly without direction and make slow progress : CRAWL
2-down – Clue for a TV show where beer is made : MASHVAT
3-down – Enlist boy soldier, the last to be replaced by noon : ENROL
4-down – Boy and girl turned up sick inside : CAMILLE
5-down – Sour spice used in and around Lent : SPLENETIC
6-down – Boy said to be heathen? : GODFREY
7-down – Middle of single bed that is badly askew, in which one gets no sleep : LIESAWAKE
13-down – Cheerful Boatman’s a mischievous chap, prone to compileritis? : UPONESELF
14-down – Unpleasant sensations, lacking love : NASTINESS
17-down – Two-part choral work has no place for heartless imp of a boy : ANTHONY
18-down – Subdues partner’s boy : STEPSON
20-down – Hairnet girl used for curling : RINGLET
22-down – Screw as a boy, perhaps eaten by lion? : CHEAT
23-down – This animal under study could lead to grass : OUNCE
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.