This crossword No. 26040 clues and answers were published on Fri 30 Aug 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26040 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Island with flipping immaculate religious sects : STLUCIA
5-across – Flash not very bright, introducing copper for a bit : MODICUM
9-across – Dye covering very tiny bone : ANVIL
10-across – Openers in on a sticky wicket, one perhaps 65 not out? : PENSIONER
11-across – Conservative reform curtailed, it’s reported : CIRCULATED
12-across – Half-cut, take before eleven — one of these? : TAXI
14-across – No getting out of it? : LIFESENTENCE
18-across – Housing payment squeezing poet, then one accommodated by friend, so lucky : PROVIDENTIAL
21-across – Injected into moose, the seed of Adam : SETH
22-across – My love test, we hear, has failed : SWEETHEART
25-across – Pure girl a bit square, ultimately : LILYWHITE
26-across – Smooth and clean before rear wiped in conclusion : PREEN
27-across – Reserve occupies bench by ten Tranmere Rovers defenders, all the backs : SHYNESS
28-across – Bishop drinking whiskey with solver, unemotional : DRYEYED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Meeting welcoming late arrivals? : SEANCE
2-down – Uniform worn for looking after horses? : LIVERY
3-down – Cute lips break up, it is subcutaneous inflammation : CELLULITIS
4-down – I see record’s broken for classical character : ALPHA
5-down – Make team, perhaps, a pie filling : MINCEMEAT
6-down – Murder racket, ring implicated : DOIN
7-down – After a catastrophe, sanction shelters : CONTAINS
8-down – Bird with extremes of effort becoming disciplinarian : MARTINET
13-down – Certainly small hot cakes after a turnover for Scottish dance : STRATHSPEY
15-down – That blooming song from The Sound of Music! : EDELWEISS
16-down – A topless orgy for Paul and his mates : APOSTLES
17-down – Resort shortly welcoming English inn : HOSTELRY
19-down – Passed cold wind maybe : CAMEBY
20-down – High as a cherry? : STONED
23-down – Change country, heading off over Germany : EMEND
24-down – Root removed from flower, too dainty : TWEE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.