This crossword No. 26081 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Oct 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26081 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – No subject gets trim in steel tempered by sun : THEMELESS
10-across – Spot large roomy place : MOTEL
11-across – Rock ’n’ roll classic clue stuffed with wicked content : LUCILLE
12-across – Superior aid distribution or rapid transport : AIRDROP
13-across – Fish-eater’s brother close up : MONK
14-across – Glowing with colour, one possibly cycles a bit : IRIDESCENT
15-across – Which might reveal one’s inner thoughts of careless penmanship? : INKBLOT
17-across – China capped electric leads on memory microchip : CERAMIC
19-across – Not a straightforward critic of unrestricted, wide press coverage of Independent : SIDESWIPER
22-across – See 23 : DISC
23-across – Record down in the charts? That can be a real pain : SLIPPED
24-across – Provisional playwright drops leading character: one is contracted : INTERIM
26-across – Lives in Lille’s changed together with a former immigration HQ : ELLIS
27-across – Darn leisure activity? : CROSSWORD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Theoretically, it makes us universally central : PTOLEMAICSYSTEM
2-down – Maligned dove I can keep up in the air? : PEACENIK
3-down – See 13 : SEAL
4-down – Creature that’s drained of water’s, er, done for : SEWERRAT
5-down – See 26 : ISLAND
6-down – Jury briber supporters dividing capital return : EMBRASOR
7-down – He wrote back to addressee, finally : STERNE
8-down – It makes Cyclops, cryptically, about the ultimate in crossword’s unsubtle humour : SLAPSTICKCOMEDY
16-down – No more fencing for camp men about to retire? : LASTPOST
17-down – MASH director, who wants paying : CREDITOR
18-down – Man flu, old style, you could say, post operations here : MAILROOM
20-down – Doctor Sorrows is boring : DRILLS
21-down – Charge contained by concise reference work? : INDICT
25-down – See 15 : TEST
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.