This crossword No. 26538 clues and answers were published on Mon 06 Apr 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26538 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Instrument with which to damage a coin badly : HARMONICA
10-across – Eggs flipped to conceal bishop’s booboo : ERROR
11-across – Sensitive bit of roof covering bit of drama : TACTILE
12-across – Ruler accepting present from fly : KNOWING
13-across – Nomad housed by dodgy psychiatrist : GYPSY
14-across – Excrement a clairvoyant turned into garment : DUNGAREES
16-across – Broadcast Mr H Hippo : ANTHROPOMORPHIC
19-across – Express affected by 8 8 : HIGHSPEED
21-across – A 19 car returns, fuelled by new 8 : GANJA
22-across – Star status initially accruing to gay slang : POLARIS
23-across – Protagonist’s 8s : HEROINE
24-across – Not one to complain of Daedalus to Icarus : STOIC
25-across – Brave’s not exceptionally orthodox : OBSERVANT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Penny, keen to return Jason’s vessel to pub, gets shot : PHOTOGRAPH
2-down – 5 8s : CRACKPOT
3-down – Proposed course making not entirely cold place very cold : POLICY
4-down – Order of magnitude sounds blue, reportedly : SIZE
5-down – Deranged poet embracing lord and master : BARKINGMAD
6-down – Elegant overdressed Scotsman included? : DEBONAIR
7-down – Perhaps Paddington’s water contains sulphur : URSINE
8-down – Spike emerging from centre of Tudor hairpiece : DRUG
14-down – Poser dines out with black dog : DEPRESSION
15-down – Bones guys take to US city : SACRAMENTO
17-down – Confine fool almost interrupting others : RESTRICT
18-down – Chinese 8 turned to Portugal’s disadvantage : HANDICAP
20-down – Big ship dropping 8’s unit of volume : GALLON
21-down – Soldiers wearing women’s clothing upset Frenchman : GERARD
22-down – Decline to respond to come-on : PASS
23-down – Mess with 8 : HASH
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.