This crossword No. 26049 clues and answers were published on Tue 10 Sep 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26049 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Rector squared the circle? : CLERIC
5-across – Coastal resort wherein time may be put by : SETASIDE
9-across – Died with violin play and forgetfulness : OBLIVION
10-across – Get one’s own back from, say, Russian flower : AVENGE
11-across – Leave that’s fairly short : QUIT
12-across – Absence of French in English city outbreak : BLACKDEATH
13-across – Range said to be a sailing blunder : SIERRA
14-across – Shelter in former educational establishment with power : POTENTLY
16-across – Fiddle somehow led to stand with legs apart : STRADDLE
19-across – Get excited? No! : TURNON
21-across – One doesn’t much care to be without it : ENTHUSIASM
23-across – High note needs drink : TOPE
24-across – Figure is about 80 chains : SIMILE
25-across – Gland inclined to Erastianism? : PROSTATE
26-across – Bird that concludes with a period : SENTENCE
27-across – Last under English system : ENDURE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Sweat — ie, invents work offering more jobs : LABOURINTENSIVE
3-down – Noisy reveller for whom dawn herald gets one for nothing : ROISTER
4-down – Reduce council item employees carry to look indispensable : CLIPBOARD
5-down – Illumination from paper could be unhealthy : SUNLAMP
6-down – Course of time with torture : TRACK
7-down – Live in lustre at the boozer : SHEBEEN
8-down – One who counts on his fingers? : DIGITALCOMPUTER
15-down – Fetish to ring in place of worship : TOTEMPOLE
17-down – One without faith somehow hates it : ATHEIST
18-down – Pattern formerly sufficient : EXAMPLE
20-down – Turned last of 15 round gallery : ROTATED
22-down – Drinkers find some taste in a glass or mug : STEIN
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.