This crossword No. 26833 clues and answers were published on Wed 16 Mar 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26833 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Female character of enduring quality? : MANOFIRON
8-across – Smears Bond’s car, apparently hiding gold : DAUBS
9-across – Connery etc in 16 3: a media scandal, correct? : CASTIGATE
10-across – Find fault in code of foreign spy’s gadget : DEBUG
12-across – One sells Soviet paintings to the West : TRADER
13-across – Factions blowing up agent receive a reward in full : GROSSPAY
14-across – Pussy Galore’s first in movement to erase holy water source : ASPERGE
17-across – Stripped for king — was lustful as cover? : SKINNED
20-across – Provide base, where entry of new leader would provide emphasis : UNDERLIE
22-across – Free thinker on perverse activity embraced by Bond girl in 16 3 : JSMILL
24-across – Find courage, with girl in distress caused by evil genius : AURIC
25-across – Wave hits Bond’s head in submerged vessel for future generations : SPERMBANK
26-across – Bond in sight of gun — it explodes : UNITE
27-across – He gets a free lunch, old Bob taking credit: later to arrive, having no starter : SCROUNGER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Boatman elevated above Russian authority in report on market : BAZAAR
2-down – See 18 : YOUTODIE
3-down – See 24 : FINGER
4-down – How crimes are committed: special agent in series of pictures : MONTAGE
5-down – Weapons of choice for 24 16 3 and not their first, stolen from bombed arsenals : LASERS
6-down – Implacable Bond, with one outer failing on the surface : OBDURATE
11-down – Who broke Oddjob? : WORK
15-down – Evil genius captures one confident of success : SANGUINE
16-down – See 24 : GOLD
18-down – Evil genius talking up exit, with doomed Connery obit in doubt : NOMRBOND
19-down – See 18 : IEXPECT
21-down – It’s not right to pry into perverse sex lives : EXISTS
22-down – Oddjob: without hesitation, a rat-like creature : JERBOA
23-down – One wants to find good inside Mr Solo : LONGER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.