This crossword No. 26624 clues and answers were published on Wed 15 Jul 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26624 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Waffles for starter? Poor diets are most extensive : WIDEST
4-across – Nice jogging around sport’s track in winter : ICERUN
9-across – Celebrate like the Jacksons on drugs? : HIGH
10-across – Former PM’s heartbroken to discover this dirt : BROWNEARTH
11-across – Clubs getting fit: the focus of Aston Villa, perhaps : CHALET
12-across – Ointment taken after loud party : FUNCTION
13-across – A wandering lepidoptera? : GYPSYMOTH
15-across – Smell detected from 3 km? : REEK
16-across – See 9 : FIVE
17-across – About 10 work from this kind of college : SIXTHFORM
21-across – Angry trade unionist abandons revolutionary ideas to become … : TURNINTO
22-across – … one old confused simpleton : NOODLE
24-across – Spooner’s equipment for heavy drinkers? More drink! : GINGERBEER
25-across – Couple from China? : MATE
26-across – Oppose terrorists invading others : RESIST
27-across – 100,501,500 from 100,501,500? : CLONED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Serious question as husband leaves for piece of silver? : WEIGHTY
2-down – Initially dishonest prosecutor holds invalid law degree : DPHIL
3-down – Tailless mammal returns to eat another very small thing : SUBATOM
5-down – Dog with bite? : CANINE
6-down – Food for tea be cooked over Sunday : ROASTBEEF
7-down – Cryptic clue for 10’s grid? : NETWORK
8-down – Cheap bread? : CONFETTIMONEY
14-down – Shakespeare’s words may last a lifetime : SEVENAGES
16-down – Mathematician: 4 + 1? Um …. : FOURIER
18-down – The Strand building I’d rent by the pound : TENDRIL
19-down – Said to be family : RELATED
20-down – Catches criminal, earns bonus at last : SNARES
23-down – See 14 : OFMAN
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.