This crossword No. 26246 clues and answers were published on Tue 29 Apr 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26246 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Shoe style on many performers in London : OXFORD
4-across – See 1 : CIRCUS
9-across – Postman on the phone : MAIL
10-across – Fly down with courage : BLUEBOTTLE
11-across – Outdo Vote for Clegg on the radio : PICNIC
12-across – If cheese eating course routinely ends a meal, for starters offer something else : ICECREAM
13-across – One taking pictures of Daddy snoring in the middle of karaoke : PAPARAZZO
15-across – Some wind back through clear gap used at site of battle : CAPE
16-across – Heather’s after hospital with treatment : HAND
17-across – See 15 : TRAFALGAR
21-across – Anorak edges woven with winter clothing : KNITWEAR
22-across – Be somebody, not so flipping Philistine : EMBODY
24-across – Ground Zero cast I’d banished : OSTRACIZED
25-across – See 16 : LING
26-across – Cried, being deeply hurt : YELPED
27-across – Compiler likes men and women to live and drink : IMBIBE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Instrument back in the middle of republican IRA conspiracy : OCARINA
2-down – Lifelong imprisonment for criminal : FELON
3-down – She cavorted with spy in cyberspace while her husband had a close shave : REBECCA
5-down – Ciabatta may be said to be exclusively family-made : INBRED
6-down – Queens on wall heard thus? : CATERWAUL
7-down – 20 silver ointment boxes : SALVAGE
8-down – Chicken Shock picked up a prestigious award in America : PULITZERPRIZE
14-down – Sauna bath cures — all stripped naked : AUNATUREL
16-down – Render sharp pen, being straight : HONESTY
18-down – Immunity from holding up river : FREEDOM
19-down – Leisurely, for an Italian poet : ANDANTE
20-down – Greeks regularly need prompt salvation : RESCUE
23-down – Endless seafood : BALTI
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.