This crossword No. 26874 clues and answers were published on Tue 03 May 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26874 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Gibraltar has one that doesn’t sound gay : STRAIT
5-across – Fashion a newspaper business : RAGTRADE
9-across – Beauty is friendly and goes back round : SKINDEEP
10-across – Not mean to secure 6 within : LAVISH
11-across – A quantity of drink is both good and bad : GILL
12-across – Ephemeral idea heard on Radio 4 : THOUGHTFOR
13-across – Wait, as most MPs do with their seat at the next election : HOLDIT
14-across – Long to eat a T-bone, making passionate speech : DIATRIBE
16-across – Domino’s about to cross town : STAFFORD
19-across – Leaves alone, having you to follow? : LETSBE
21-across – Old express service in city has a long way to travel : WELLSFARGO
23-across – Over age, losing spectacles, it’s reported : TOLD
24-across – See 12 : THEDAY
25-across – Outrage? It’s minor, yet needing correction : ENORMITY
26-across – Nun alert? Unfortunately, put out of her mind : UNLEARNT
27-across – Make secret garden almost admitting officer : ENCODE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Put on brave face in heat: think ice not to be ordered : TAKEITONTHECHIN
3-down – One working the soil turns up tricky problem: two metres need replacing with nitrogen : ANNELID
4-down – Youthful age at which one drops out : TWENTYTWO
5-down – Leaving the plane, one may use this free, fitted with copper and gold : RIPCORD
6-down – Noisily drink up, touring a camp : GULAG
7-down – Shipyard worker in a state, having to change direction over time : RIVETER
8-down – Confused medic struggling with adult boobs : DISCOMBOBULATED
15-down – How giant becomes gallant, in the words of the musketeers : ALLFORONE
17-down – Need paying, as summer is almost over : FALLDUE
18-down – River suffered, losing part of its length : DERWENT
20-down – Child torturing mice is symbolic : TOTEMIC
22-down – You should go in for a theatre part : FOYER
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.