This crossword No. 26959 clues and answers were published on Wed 10 Aug 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26959 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Frightened about ending in jail, like brothers in the hood : COWLED
5-across – Rambling about getting put in charge : INDIRECT
9-across – Time Brussels gets boost from Germany : TEUTONIC
10-across – Nail destroyed post providing backing for spire’s ornament : FINIAL
11-across – Massive yearly payments for old people : GRANDPARENTS
13-across – Doctor pursues hygiene issue, maybe mine : BOMB
14-across – Interpretation of Koran has religious craft : NOAHSARK
17-across – Ebb of a strange sea is something sweet : DEMERARA
18-across – One divided by unknown number’s a problem for schoolkids : ACNE
20-across – Smart thieves bamboozled suckers : HARVESTMITES
23-across – Drive close to Ferrari in journeys westward : SPIRIT
24-across – South American writer’s beginning to evoke tension : SUSPENSE
25-across – Very fast time Coe runs gets beaten : METEORIC
26-across – Join son further over the hill : SOLDER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Outstanding poetic entreaty to marry : OWED
3-down – It’s possibly a suit likely to dress fool up : LITIGABLE
4-down – Refusal of agreement to keep Irish province : DENIAL
5-down – At home playing Celtic, Man U side almost score : INCIDENTALMUSIC
6-down – Skirmish in wood for payment : DEFRAYAL
7-down – Hastened, say, to climb Alps? : RANGE
8-down – What makes CV an authoritative source : CHAPTERAND
12-down – Like warning Liberal about vote : FOREXAMPLE
15-down – There’s explosive material in this celebrity’s ordeal : STARSHELL
16-down – Muscle spasm’s back? Then help American casualty : MASSETER
19-down – It’s still shrouded in mist, as I said : STASIS
21-down – See 8 : VERSE
22-down – Mass in water dissolves evenly : ISLE
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.