This crossword No. 26116 clues and answers were published on Wed 27 Nov 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26116 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Bury’s outstanding player shouted Referee! : INTERCEDE
10-across – Tennyson’s first crude poem kept by maestro : TEMPO
11-across – Took on old English, swapping parts : ENGAGED
12-across – See 22 down : PURSUED
13-across – Court service admitted trickery : CRAFT
14-across – Plug new gold bed till thoroughly sick of it : ADNAUSEAM
16-across – Men Only issues cover playing field, 22 down’s one of them : STAGEDIRECTIONS
19-across – Insurance for theatrical feats spanning river? : SAFETYNET
21-across – Sage in 5 Hindu borders : SADHU
22-across – Bent front off charm : ENCHANT
23-across – See 22 down : BYABEAR
24-across – Radio Nicosia’s dialect? : IONIC
25-across – Was very camp redcoat sacked about a quarter past five? : OVERACTED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Dilemma: director in Tesco’s fiddled overheads : FIXEDCOSTS
2-down – Such blemishes are unusual for a magistrate : STIGMATA
3-down – Cargo avoiding Spain for a start : FRIGHT
4-down – One of 16 useless people : DEAD
5-down – Low needs winds and time to cross Atlantic : DESPONDENT
6-down – Begin to take drugs regularly for that dreamy feeling : STARDUST
7-down – A short distance to river wall : IMMURE
8-down – See 4 : WOOD
14-down – One line transformed into a complex Brechtian effect : ALIENATION
15-down – When queens made out in disguise? : MASQUERADE
17-down – Cast of ten performed this in Paris foyer : ENTRANCE
18-down – Old big-chested guys’ backstreet scraps : ODDMENTS
20-down – Federer starts serving well opposite : FACING
21-down – High-spirited doctor, one who 25 in hospital? : SHAMAN
22-down – Lacking love, baby due to expire, Ursa involved — best known of 16? : EXIT
23-down – Last platform that’s retained by its former operating company : BIER
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.