This crossword No. 26784 clues and answers were published on Tue 19 Jan 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26784 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Cup of tea with 14 : CHALICE
5-across – Bit backside of dim Conservative in contempt : MODICUM
9-across – Pensioner ignoring a twitching of the eye : OPTIC
10-across – Weedy kid’s condition worrying nit nurses : RUNTINESS
11-across – Bored Cockney geezer in dark shed : BROWNEDOFF
12-across – Turn up car engine noise : PURR
14-across – Swarm of relaxed, fit Etonians : INFESTATION
18-across – The likes of Jude, single mother with kids on street : STONEMASONS
21-across – Adjutant in theory moving closer to the front : AIDE
22-across – Support for labourers, if left back in Minnesota? : MIDWESTERN
25-across – Sailor ringed by faint nocturnal shimmer : STARLIGHT
26-across – Haughty female pursuing Murphy in Mumbai? : ALOOF
27-across – Nasty Cameron’s base promises to pay off debts : NOXIOUS
28-across – Goes on ramble on vacation and comes back : RETURNS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Singer knocking stuffing out of clever, obstreperous boy : CROSBY
2-down – Chesterton, perhaps, or the individual behind Thursday : AUTHOR
3-down – Reasons Barking isn’t Venice : INCENTIVES
4-down – Removing clothes here, Freda dropped a clanger : ERRED
5-down – Promises made by politicians as I foment revolt : MANIFESTO
6-down – Chinless wonder departs with grave expression : DRIP
7-down – Chubby-faced, louche, rubicund host : CHERUBIC
8-down – One’s about to cover race in Grauniad, supposedly : MISPRINT
13-down – Invalid setting off after lass, excited and tense : FALSESTART
15-down – Bloody huge birds : FLAMINGOS
16-down – Was SAS single-handedly apprehending killer? : ASSASSIN
17-down – French city state had money : BORDEAUX
19-down – Autobiographical scribblings of Arachne in sea at St Tropez? : MEMOIR
20-down – Inhales aroma permeating smalls : SNIFFS
23-down – Well content with exchange rate : WATER
24-down – Voice of ballot box regularly ignored : ALTO
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.