This crossword No. 26229 clues and answers were published on Wed 09 Apr 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26229 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Careless chums must turn to run : SLAPDASH
5-across – Cut nearly half a chop to char : SCORCH
9-across – Wit requires trick to take in reporters : COMEDIAN
10-across – Protester topped bowman : ARCHER
11-across – Fake sterling for this style of hair? : RINGLETS
12-across – Young lady with a large prayer book : MISSAL
14-across – Find the French among mixed bathers, gasping : BREATHLESS
18-across – Visited, if Quentin drops in, having got released to go outside : FREQUENTED
22-across – Naughty boy absorbs part of the Bible : EROTIC
23-across – Misery does not start when you get the sack : EJECTION
24-across – Loving scoundrel hiding money : DOTING
25-across – Perception is sure to break up a rowing team : EYESIGHT
26-across – Looking more embarrassed, when going to and fro : REDDER
27-across – Saved vehicle left outside : RECYCLED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Safe after a botched rescue : SECURE
2-down – Most of this nut is needed by a large fish : ALMOND
3-down – Benefit keeps two small daughters in a piece of cake : DODDLE
4-down – Just a little stuff to make music about : SMATTERING
6-down – Coastal road spreads light on a broken chin, breaking one’s heart : CORNICHE
7-down – See her turning up, since he would like warmed-up food : REHASHED
8-down – Injure without being gentle : HARMLESS
13-down – Jesse, the robber, and William, the traitor, who wrote Ulysses : JAMESJOYCE
15-down – Wrongdoer to propose concealing denouement : OFFENDER
16-down – Animal about to trot when climbing found an answer : RETORTED
17-down – Just the house for a formal interview : AUDIENCE
19-down – Playwright has agreement with a company that’s turned around : OCASEY
20-down – Poet was right to interrupt a wake : VIRGIL
21-down – Agreed to be seen in a football team from Manchester : UNITED
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.