This crossword No. 26928 clues and answers were published on Tue 05 Jul 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26928 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sally turned to married big shot : BONMOT
5-across – Largely tolerate flash woman : BEATRICE
9-across – Lie about side causing bad feeling : FRICTION
10-across – Poor fellow you dumped — what’s his name? : THINGY
11-across – Forced Horse and Hound to act as host : DOTHEHONOURS
13-across – Believe no one’s keeping calm : EVEN
14-across – Patsy’s stolen surveyor’s van — these should help with identification : MUGSHOTS
17-across – Making an erotic compilation : CREATION
18-across – Look equal : PEER
20-across – Plan to go at sixty — regret abandoning first career : EXITSTRATEGY
23-across – Government’s wrong about working — you’re not, if you have to do this : SIGNON
24-across – Frozen 24 days before Christmas? : ICEDOVER
25-across – Things better after this run — terribly green beforehand : RECOVERY
26-across – Little boy’s in the toilet : THRONE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Blades trio Arsenal bound : OARS
3-down – Madness holding church function in the country : MACEDONIA
4-down – Heartless but correct about age : THIRTY
5-down – Defensive way of thinking rubbish — entitle army to go on manoeuvres : BUNKERMENTALITY
6-down – While Henry’s involved with singer, I don’t like it : ALTHOUGH
7-down – Letter home contained money : RHINO
8-down – Tabs kept by spooks conclusively spying on revolutionary individual like me : CIGARETTES
12-down – Get too aroused by kiss with boob out, reportedly : OVEREXCITE
15-down – Chance of us saving a bit of money — why hotel this time is cheaper : HAPPYHOUR
16-down – Prime Minister can upset European? Not very much! : PITTANCE
19-down – Going down south, wanting to be respectable : DECENT
21-down – Capturing no-good criminal to a T : TANGO
22-down – Picked up torch in Swiss city : BERN
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.