This crossword No. 26171 clues and answers were published on Fri 31 Jan 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26171 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Zola novel this religious : BUDDHIST
5-across – Hunger ends accessing perfectly narrow passage : THROAT
9-across – A bodybuilder’s heavenly body : ASTEROID
10-across – See 22 : FARAGE
12-across – Cat food, including last of luncheon meat : MINCE
13-across – Bird carrying child carrying boy off, love being source of romance : STORYBOOK
14-across – Vital process cut, expert gathered : REPRODUCTION
18-across – On this, three scripts came up, as in three times one : ROSETTASTONE
21-across – Papers full of crap on dinosaur : IGUANODON
23-across – First sixteen hours of the week storing uranium in pile : MOUND
24-across – Hairy, like a bird? : SHAGGY
25-across – Part of a log where prayer sat endlessly : MANTISSA
26-across – Maximum of sixty on board giving voice : TREBLE
27-across – Money once pocketed by runner sent back, it’s learned : EDUCATED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Half-drunk barman? : BRAHMS
2-down – Affectionate pet scoffing preserved food : DOTING
3-down – This for those with mare to prepare? : HORSEMEAT
4-down – See 20 : SCISSORHANDS
6-down – Bouncer not filled with air then? : HEAVY
7-down – Large-scale work, or a small-scale piece about nothing : ORATORIO
8-down – Provocative moves by Third World leaders and royal couple? : TWERKING
11-down – Mature way to poke grandad when tipsy, as mark of excellence : GOLDSTANDARD
15-down – Filmed item in a complex, 200 screens : CINEMATIC
16-down – Something for the boys, as shower framed in trial hauled up : TRAINSET
17-down – Pucker up to clue, as cryptic : OSCULATE
19-down – Piece of material for reinforcing some skirts in the wind : GUSSET
20-down – Picture the king of cutting-edge digital design? : EDWARD
22-down – I enrage flag wavers as party leader : NIGEL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.