This crossword No. 26185 clues and answers were published on Mon 17 Feb 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26185 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Make an ad-lib? One’s better without it : IMPROVISE
6-across – Miss having a nap on Sunday : SKIP
8-across – Start playing up after industrial action : STRIKEUP
9-across – Well-filled vessel : TANKER
10-across – Courteous staff accept it : POLITE
11-across – Cat given alternative to din after midnight? : TOMORROW
12-across – Get off or put on the line : HANGUP
15-across – Delays defeats : SETBACKS
16-across – Neat island type of boat : TRIMARAN
19-across – Stragglers revealed in the street lights : STRAYS
21-across – Not many virtuous? Quite a lot in fact : AGOODFEW
22-across – Just short of a Left majority : ALMOST
24-across – Necessitate being in late, perhaps : ENTAIL
25-across – No end of time : ETERNITY
26-across – Present her with a key : HERE
27-across – So greatly tempted, got into debt : OVERDRAWN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A short musical overture : INTRO
2-down – Putting in charge : PRIMING
3-down – Nothing disturbed bees like being overweight : OBESE
4-down – One thing you still gain when on a decline : IMPETUS
5-down – Judges of knitted ties and cooked meats : ESTIMATES
6-down – Rendered a tune, setting up a Spanish drink : SANGRIA
7-down – Chill wine to go with ends of turkey and cold game : ICEHOCKEY
13-down – Bluster and rage on car breakdown : ARROGANCE
14-down – Left sheet listing one’s financial assets : PORTFOLIO
17-down – Low gear involved, finding place to park? : MOORAGE
18-down – Just come in, unplaced : NOWHERE
20-down – Country has a craze to support rugby union : RUMANIA
22-down – Given such a start, where you should be : AHEAD
23-down – Enemy the Salvation Army has to beat : SATAN
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.