This crossword No. 26751 clues and answers were published on Thu 10 Dec 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26751 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Focus of capital soundly interpreted with this clue, for example : REDSQUARE
10-across – Orange, say, ending on purplish flower : HOUSE
11-across – Sketch garages provided by premier in Lausanne for mountain people carrier : SKILIFT
12-across – Force countered plague in 8 : TEMPEST
13-across – Engineer, __ did you say, did you say? : WATT
14-across – One’s played God swiping last of Martini in knees-up for seniors? : GRANDPIANO
16-across – Chapter One in return of modern reading : RECITAL
17-across – Strong conclusion of Angelou hidden by twisted Spanish poet? : DURABLE
19-across – Paper’s opening article covered by old, not new, 8 : PATHETIQUE
22-across – More than once, I say so contrarily : EGOS
24-across – An individual smothered in relish, most comical : ZANIEST
25-across – Contemptible information : LOWDOWN
26-across – Free waste, nothing bagged : LOOSE
27-across – Hang about, solution is 8 : MOONLIGHT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – This indignant line-up, with first of dissenters on floor : CROSSWORDPUZZLE
2-down – Detail both a weed and a parasite in sea : ADRIATIC
3-down – Marine life in Guinea? : SQUID
4-down – Crony welcoming parliamentary pioneer in 8 : PASTORAL
5-down – German train setting off, second to leave station : TEUTON
6-down – Carried by old-fashioned transport, European politician rides here : THEMEPARK
7-down – Triumphant exclamation some mistake, ruefully served up : EUREKA
8-down – Work, an industrious thing that encompasses range, issue and area : BEETHOVENSONATA
15-down – Circling eastern enclosure, mount rose sharply : STEEPENED
17-down – Name outstanding old diver, finding old coin : DOUBLOON
18-down – As were Daniel Deronda and The Road to Wigan Pier — gosh! : BYGEORGE
20-down – Second-rate vessels : TINPOT
21-down – Keeping rhythm, eventually : INTIME
23-down – Super-balloon : SWELL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.