This crossword No. 26807 clues and answers were published on Mon 15 Feb 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26807 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Composer’s displaced river birds : BITTERNS
9-across – Whack? What about bandage? : SWATHE
10-across – Belt around waist, initially thrown out : SPEWED
12-across – Year said to be turning, possibly : IDARESAY
13-across – Slippery character not first in list : EEL
14-across – Holy men pocketing millions for harvest festival : LAMMAS
16-across – Doting marshals dote best : BESOTTED
17-across – Director backing Britain? Jolly good fellow! : KUBRICK
20-across – Extremely deficient personage trained animals : ONAGERS
23-across – Mad Max — or spy getting fit : PAROXYSM
24-across – Small bird bagged by lord right away : PETITE
26-across – Not even a worm turned for an early bird : MOA
27-across – Game allowed to get in the way : ROULETTE
28-across – Acquire pass : COMEBY
31-across – Slippery character was confused with 13 : WEASEL
32-across – Bird in grass moving quietly : STEALING
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – One procuring ice cream wrappers in shopping centre : PIMP
2-down – Empress of Blandings, say, impressing leader of the pack : STOW
3-down – Police Sergeant collaring primitive people easily shocked : PRUDES
4-down – Bestial wild flower : ASTILBE
5-down – Bumble’s law repeatedly favoured killer : ASSASSIN
6-down – After a drink, drunk is unassailable : WATERTIGHT
7-down – Bird getting round in sport : WHEATEAR
11-down – Chap ignoring a flipping tree : ELM
14-down – Table knives slice dough for Albanians : LEK
15-down – Just about me? : MOREORLESS
18-down – Not being admitted, woman swore : UNAVOWED
19-down – Chromium and yttrium salts formed regular structures : CRYSTALS
21-down – Petition for canal not to be closed : SUE
22-down – Plunge in river cut short after one minute : IMMERSE
24-down – Agreement reported in full : PACKED
25-down – Chiller regularly seen in kitchen : ICE
29-down – Soft centre with bit of liqueur inside : MILD
30-down – Dishonest proclivity : BENT
This crossword has in total 34 where 16 are across and 18 are down.