This crossword No. 26076 clues and answers were published on Fri 11 Oct 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26076 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Thin line crossed by source of information : SLENDER
8-across – Put new gloss on a Pinter play? : REPAINT
9-across – Beg leader to abandon witch-hunt : URGE
10-across – Repairer of faulty listening equipment : OTOLOGIST
12-across – Date for one dictator’s fall : DRUPE
13-across – Just about to consider interning liberals by name : WELLNIGH
15-across – GCHQ sees semi-redacted evidence of intelligence : GCSE
16-across – PRISM, for example, is old scheme : SOLID
17-across – Keep at a distance, listening in on bug : FLEE
18-across – Commander in NSA outfit taking time off in Asian city : NAGASAKI
20-across – American nonsense about Manning regularly exposed in union declaration : BANNS
21-across – They rank with Troy in ruined greatness : SERGEANTS
22-across – Ban centre-left at great cost : DEAR
24-across – During holiday you head off westward, away from normal environment : INVACUO
25-across – Seasonal barman in Italy wearing very, very cheap chain : VIVALDI
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Smear former Labour leader in Liverpool? : BLUR
2-down – Exposed implication of nice ruse : INSECURE
3-down – Sinister financier getting hold of electronic information in cell : GENOME
4-down – Wrongly use double ef in defiled : BEFOULED
5-down – Helping informer, one is charged : RATION
6-down – Badgering military alliance to upgrade base : ONAT
11-down – Completely surrounded by on-air broadcast, Nineteen Eighty-Four-style : ORWELLIAN
12-down – Had a chance to claim temporary residence in Russia : DACHA
14-down – Finally witnessing US vice leads to Edward Snowden making judgement : GUESS
16-down – Kate’s put under surveillance : STAKEOUT
17-down – Join Guardian, if rebellious : FINEDRAW
19-down – US taxmen going over account after a bit of a breather : AIRSAC
20-down – He’s in charge of rigging sterling over in Balkan region : BOSNIA
21-down – Starts to suspect Ingsoc Newspeak has hyperbolic function : SINH
23-down – Helps head of Airstrip One kick stuffing out of dissidents : AIDS
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.