This crossword No. 26073 clues and answers were published on Tue 08 Oct 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26073 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Rats! One’s spurned for love, close to distraught state : VERMONT
5-across – Conservative certainly not about to be socially aware : RIGHTON
9-across – 24 down is found at the end of this puzzle : SWORD
10-across – Ecstasy and speed? Swallowing flipping LSD, get weed out : ERADICATE
11-across – Desperate housewives go wild, so excited about fellow’s clothing : GOLFWIDOWS
12-across – Old lady’s going to walk : MALL
14-across – Improvement in how sappers are deployed? : REFORMATION
18-across – Pervert tries high definition porn, but not you or I! : THIRDPERSON
21-across – Nerdy, dry, oddly repressed Christian Scientist : EDDY
22-across – He gets rid of lots of gold, tossing in ore etc : AUCTIONEER
25-across – Getting boundaries in early, English batsman’s a revelation : EYEOPENER
26-across – US tennis player’s return kicking right at first : EVERT
27-across – Take a punt on this lake, with yen to catch aquatic creature : LOTTERY
28-across – Understanding 10 x 3 only partially : ENTENTE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Roman sex guru’s a mug : VISAGE
2-down – Search for food, turning to large caviar sandwiches : ROOTLE
3-down – Quaint style’s back after odd Orwell novel : OLDEWORLDE
4-down – Movement that’s in time runs to a climax : TREND
5-down – Back what the children’s guardian must do : REARWARDS
6-down – Carriage door’s sound : GAIT
7-down – Time, an hour after midnight, to get music and liqueur : TIAMARIA
8-down – Annoying lover of Heather may well! : NEEDLING
13-down – Most uncommon to cover news in tropical region : RAINFOREST
15-down – The commonness of the fellow! Rule by the Prince of Wales’s no good, the Queen admitted : FREQUENCY
16-down – Delayed returning to wrap present that’s heavenly : ETHEREAL
17-down – Stew for American frontiersmen? : WILDWEST
19-down – English runner always going in opposing directions : SEVERN
20-down – Horse put in pen to struggle : WRITHE
23-down – Picked up wrong cake : TORTE
24-down – Goalie stripped off and raised arm : EPEE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.