This crossword No. 26527 clues and answers were published on Tue 24 Mar 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26527 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Fling with hunk is wild fantasy : WISHFULTHINKING
9-across – It interrupts humming noises around bit of ear : STIRRUP
10-across – Drop enthralling pretence — some can’t tolerate it : LACTOSE
11-across – Length of suffering in EastEnders : ELL
12-across – Soldier secretes data about secret affairs : PRIVATELIFE
13-across – Troops hard to move — they’ve no backbone : ARTHROPODS
15-across – Dope employed by ministry of external affairs? : INFO
18-across – Tax office : DUTY
20-across – Guardian’s reputation protected in explosive event : TOURNAMENT
23-across – Curse hum during a big road race : ABOMINATION
25-across – Mischief-maker in German football team? : ELF
26-across – Composer’s voguish impromptu’s beginning after gong : BELLINI
27-across – Addicts holding party, with old lady in a state : ALABAMA
28-across – Game and stunt, ie a loser gets shot : RUSSIANROULETTE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cut up empty truce, ultimately null and void : WASTELAND
2-down – Butcher divides stock in cooking vessel : SKILLET
3-down – Van given warning to leave : FOREPART
4-down – Feature seemingly holy renaissance artist : LIPPI
5-down – National President meets king : HOLLANDER
6-down – Cracking clue in fundamental parts : NUCLEI
7-down – A Welshman, a Scotsman and an African : IVORIAN
8-down – Aquatic bird I see leaving frozen mass, going north : GREBE
14-down – Test elastic bra and top on one running : PROBATION
16-down – Old fruit beneath Bullingdon club member getting end away? : OUTOFDATE
17-down – Drops not out, with Nadal covering lines : RAINFALL
19-down – Trojan’s raging lust around foreign king : TROILUS
21-down – Well fed grain — it’s evenly cultivated : ELEGANT
22-down – Runs car round one Italian resort : RIMINI
23-down – 50% reduction on foam rubber that’s light in the middle : AMBER
24-down – Idealised notion kept up by monogamists : IMAGO
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.