This crossword No. 26820 clues and answers were published on Tue 01 Mar 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26820 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Need to hold marines back for airborne advance : WARMFRONT
6-across – Black tie initially discarded by firm : SABLE
9-across – Leave by plane: deal with article first, or lose it : FLYOFFTHEHANDLE
10-across – Hear such music unaccompanied : SOLE
11-across – Relax: everything difficult has been done? : RESTEASY
14-across – Have suspicion stream all polluted : SMELLARAT
15-across – Looking back, hospital worker retired, leaving quietly : RETRO
16-across – Hears appeal to Islamic leaders : OBEYS
18-across – I go ahead, not straight : GLENGARRY
20-across – Half-swearing, compulsory to include ’ell, say : BLINDING
21-across – Like to secure second book : AMOS
25-across – Offer doubtful help — we had nothing Cantonese to cook : SEEWHATONECANDO
26-across – Umpire’s call assumed reversible : NOTUP
27-across – Great distance I travelled with lethargy : LIGHTYEAR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Initially, Gilbert holds back blows : WAFTS
2-down – My husband and I? Just I : ROYALWE
3-down – Dither, as a female among others : FAFF
4-down – In the grass, succeeded getting sexual satisfaction : OATS
5-down – Group on which policeman may be shortly in case : THEBEATLES
6-down – Bangs up doctor feeding jerks stimulating pills : SMARTDRUGS
7-down – Lad just penetrated by tip of weapon that’s piercing : BODYART
8-down – Swindle by priest — you cover it up, that’s all : EVERYBODY
12-down – Stopped selling members-only arrangement : CLOSEDSHOP
13-down – Loose regulation of a branch of medicine : UROGENITAL
14-down – Curling lip, a snob’s finding this on tea tray? : SLOPBASIN
17-down – Distinguished artist seen on Tate Modern visit at last : EMINENT
19-down – Cameron’s extraordinary affair : ROMANCE
22-down – River that’s spilled over track : SPOOR
23-down – Hitch small horse : SNAG
24-down – Get away with wordless singing : SCAT
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.