This crossword No. 26231 clues and answers were published on Fri 11 Apr 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26231 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Conservative scoundrel concealing one plot from the right : HIDEBOUND
6-across – Island where the devout may be found? : INCH
10-across – In France a fantastic bird twirls round — one’s horny : CORNU
11-across – Lamb etc? Tries to eat first : ESSAYISTS
12-across – This author, originator of stanza, writes to the Queen : SPENSER
13-across – Picaroon’s on your side in Muslim territory : IMAMATE
14-across – US president’s fighting to restrain Republican — and he’s struggling : WARRENHARDING
17-across – Congress briefly working with English cabinet : ONENIGHTSTAND
21-across – Distaste as hopeless sandwiches sold from here, possibly : TEASHOP
22-across – £50 stashed in gold through deposits between banks : ALLUVIA
24-across – In America, plant leaders of Soviet partisans to assassinate president : SPICEBUSH
25-across – Get lost in Rheims, hitch-hiking : IMSHI
26-across – A little hearing problem : SOME
27-across – Knock hole at the front of one jar : DENIGRATE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Journalists who keep saying cutting things : HACKSAWS
2-down – Lament return of internet network? : DIRGE
3-down – Titillating lady — she does dances to get the King’s number : BLUESUEDESHOES
4-down – A hunter forced ferret out : UNEARTH
5-down – Good-for-nothing gathering tip from Iraq for this report? : DOSSIER
7-down – What’s lost again aroused such a feeling? : NOSTALGIA
8-down – Soft ex-Chinese leader gets cast off : HUSHED
9-down – Is this simply dealing crookedly? That’s about right : PYRAMIDSELLING
15-down – Pronounced oddness raging in bigotry : RHOTACISM
16-down – Business one’s invested in that is to make things perfect : IDEALISE
18-down – Appropriate introduction from Ezra : IMPOUND
19-down – It’s barbaric to stick farmyard animal in the oven : HEATHEN
20-down – What is extremely stagnant and unaltered : STASIS
23-down – Time to block credit card — perspective’s required! : VISTA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.