This crossword No. 26218 clues and answers were published on Thu 27 Mar 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26218 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Like, essentially, to spread malicious rumours : ASPERSE
5-across – Vie for domestic income? : COMPETE
10-across – Member taking nothing from nowhere : LIMB
11-across – Something dentist may have to do with lineage : EXTRACTION
12-across – Repeat usual rubbish : PARROT
13-across – A friend in America with endless addiction to emirate : ABUDHABI
14-across – Member of clergy apprehending fairy inverted in mirror : REFLECTOR
16-across – Stick to game : POKER
17-across – Introduction to Strange Fruitcake? : SCONE
19-across – Sellers, turning round recreational area, left fire extinguisher : SPRINKLER
23-across – French paper absorbing a drink : LEMONADE
24-across – Left to replace inner parts of Tchaikovsky score : TWENTY
26-across – Piano music Nero performed in front of stage : PROSCENIUM
27-across – Debate quelling monarch’s fever : AGUE
28-across – Food and drink obtained from catering establishment : INGESTA
29-across – Compound of steel, sulphur and oxygen creating problem for horse : OSSELET
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Edible fungus — upset after eating it? : SHITAKE
3-down – Last vestige of topped limb : EMBER
4-down – Thomas the Tank, perhaps, cradling Controller’s head : SCEPTIC
6-down – Pop a question that’s not entirely obscure : OPAQUE
7-down – Collage of meat-eating vigilantes, top to toe : PATCHWORK
8-down – Blue or turquoise top causing ruction : TROUBLE
9-down – Port drunk with chasers -— it gets you very high : STRATOSPHERIC
15-down – Crustacean to depose government before entering thoroughfare : LANGOUSTE
18-down – V-sign scrawled on her CV : CHEVRON
20-down – Wrung this headless bird’s neck : ISTHMUS
21-down – Put out electronic message, not initially vulgar : EXTRUDE
22-down – Progenitor’s yearly charge : PARENT
25-down – Wipe out head of regiment in comfort : ERASE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.