This crossword No. 26036 clues and answers were published on Mon 26 Aug 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26036 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – I might be suffering and gripped by pain : STANDING
5-across – Boy-trap holds 14 lines from poet’s brain : SONNET
9-across – I don’t eat mince — might be a cure for you! : ANTIDOTE
10-across – Hunter, a bishop who breaks plates in two : FERRET
11-across – Half envy couple, spoiled in luxury : OPULENCE
12-across – A place for teaching whales, collectively : SCHOOL
14-across – Soliciting to make the painting squeal! : CANVASSING
18-across – Longfellow’s poem this girl won’t conceal : EVANGELINE
22-across – The army young — half dead with cats about : CADETS
23-across – Cogs ain’t moving? I’m inclined to doubt : AGNOSTIC
24-across – It’s natural in pub and swallowed, side by side : INNATE
25-across – Pitt, Irish playwright, wrote Portillo’s guide : BRADSHAW
26-across – Disturbed desire to live in just one street : RESIDE
27-across – In Western Isles the newly-weds he’ll meet : HEBRIDES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A girl’s required; no rash could make her right : SHARON
2-down – A fabled king with skill to hurt — not quite : ARTHUR
3-down – A kind of car to shun on motorway : DODGEM
4-down – Not able to keep ice clear as the day : NOTICEABLE
6-down – Past players’ view: Such skies may threaten rain : OVERCAST
7-down – Ran up to bed with chopped ice — that fights pain : NARCOTIC
8-down – Spread teat with glue — we call it education : TUTELAGE
13-down – New girl gets stuck with dragnet restoration : AVANTGARDE
15-down – Row about score — more grouchy, if you wish : TETCHIER
16-down – A children’s game that calls for this tinned fish : SARDINES
17-down – A dig up round the Tate that’s in a state : AGITATED
19-down – Fetch up some wine at once and meditate : WONDER
20-down – Married when losing head and so did yearn : ITCHED
21-down – Cow left in steamship dirty looks will earn : SCOWLS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.