This crossword No. 26686 clues and answers were published on Fri 25 Sep 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26686 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Damn brilliant? : FLAMING
5-across – Award lower degree after third from London? : DIPLOMA
9-across – Given support as in difficulties, evidently distressing on every front : AIDED
10-across – Pose altered wearing absurd theatrical make-up : NOSEPUTTY
11-across – Responsible adult resentful — minding hell for the most part? : BABYSITTER
12-across – Possibly a Christmas cracker to pull thus contains letters on a pencil in red, say? : WISH
14-across – A lifesaver, as bloom catches showers : BRAINSURGEON
18-across – A sucker, one who is no longer in love with farming? : EXTRACTORFAN
21-across – Embarrassing defeat, as swimmer drops head : ROUT
22-across – Wild thing joining clubs as a swinger? : TIGERWOODS
25-across – See 3 : ESPIONAGE
26-across – Spraying of tear gas ultimately a shocking police tactic? : TASER
27-across – That will teach you maths, other examples to some extent : SOTHERE
28-across – Shock provided inside nappy material : TERRIFY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Overweight insect embodying a pair of insects, might you say? : FLABBY
2-down – Nerves, small quantity within muscles : ABDABS
3-down – Guardian spies : INDUSTRIAL
4-down – Bloke biting tail of huge, agile carnivore : GENET
5-down – More compact packing is preferable, primarily, for pharmacist : DISPENSER
6-down – Innocent, possibly, as a satirist : POPE
7-down – Stranger diet, sour balls : OUTSIDER
8-down – All the possibilities in a US state, fine and good : ANYTHING
13-down – Just about survive seeing nurse possibly pocketing wad, unexpectedly : TREADWATER
15-down – Frightfully nice trait is involved : INTRICATE
16-down – Unblinking female lacking features on the head? : FEARLESS
17-down – Group claiming tycoon is a harlot : STRUMPET
19-down – Capital once cut, reported shortly as showing little growth : BONSAI
20-down – Item no longer in pubs, hard to lose — is lost! : ASTRAY
23-down – Occurrence where detainee finally gets let out : EVENT
24-down – See 12 : BONE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.