This crossword No. 26662 clues and answers were published on Fri 28 Aug 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26662 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Beaten about at noon, took a brief rest : CATNAPPED
6-across – One’s up for an amendment : RIDER
9-across – Corporate Scotland welcomes big business : TESCO
10-across – Born again, I survived after a renaissance : REDIVIVUS
11-across – Spring plant : HOP
12-across – Wife — Sagittarius, for example, should I be able to count on her? : SIGNIFICANT
14-across – Even parts of soup turned over three times is soup : POTTAGE
15-across – Silent hiding place for pipe : MUSETTE
16-across – Dope and heroin in film like Women In Love? : SAPPHIC
19-across – Ultimately ear piercing to arouse a tiny part of the ear? : STIRRUP
22-across – Finish puzzle in another language? : FLOORPOLISH
23-across – Reptile like python, primarily : ASP
24-across – Back of a lorry, where dog and pig died : TAILBOARD
26-across – See 12 : OTHER
27-across – Dog caught in bear’s clutches : POOCH
28-across – Twelve-year-old, say, short bird astride foal? : TWEENAGER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Get the latest gossip from malicious woman, friend not entirely pleased, initially : CATCHUP
2-down – Throw prize in boozer : TOSSPOT
3-down – Accelerator in order going into hamster as swerving : ATOMSMASHER
4-down – Bad man following good in canoe : PIROGUE
5-down – Stop welcoming platform for the art of incongruity : DADAISM
6-down – Vicar’s cycle : REV
7-down – Irregular green semicircle turns up on top of table : DEVIANT
8-down – Pinned up in epaulettes, ornate badge of honour : ROSETTE
13-down – An 11-2 win ordered with chips? : IPSWICHTOWN
16-down – Convertible, piano to piano : SOFTTOP
17-down – Stipulation for and against one’s opinion, at first : PROVISO
18-down – One leaving location shivering — what made the temperature drop? : COOLANT
19-down – Fiddle only, nothing less, eclipsing trumpets and flutes etc : SWINDLE
20-down – One driver blocking another, reportedly drove over corner : ROADHOG
21-down – Prepare cracks, one covering surface with fine material : PAPERER
25-down – I’m disgusted by all hapless leaders : BAH
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.