This crossword No. 26177 clues and answers were published on Fri 07 Feb 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26177 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Enter horse in pet competition and stop dallying! : CATCHUP
5-across – Driver about to pocket one million, back in taxi not keeping fare down : BULIMIC
9-across – Perhaps Indian’s ornate canoe : OCEAN
10-across – See 2 : KNOWLEDGE
11-across – Folk gathering mostly jeered Mary Poppins? : HOOTENANNY
12-across – Tips from expert for floral screens, as accompaniment to blinds? : EFFS
14-across – Tasteless fellows donning this scruffy bit of flannel : BLANDISHMENT
18-across – Rock singer’s lost stone, adopting good recipe for veg : SPRINGGREENS
21-across – Drunken fling is stupidity : TOSH
22-across – Oh for a tale of adventure on the high seas! : WESTWARDHO
25-across – Elder statesman in US : PRESBYTER
26-across – Soak putting away litre in confession from one down? : IMBUE
27-across – King stopped guards in need of evening out : CREASED
28-across – Analyse Rome’s Hell worshippers? : DISSECT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Antique Fate unwilling to interrupt business : CLOTHO
2-down – New ref took latitude, playing advantage for Eden Hazard : TREEOF
3-down – Dash with antelope across river in remote region : HINTERLAND
4-down – Proper way to prepare for a snog, we’re told : PUKKA
5-down – Staple sticking right in head — charming! : BROWNRICE
6-down – How amusing walls line lounge : LOLL
7-down – Adverb I repeatedly formed incorrectly : MODIFIER
8-down – Protector of wood that’s vast and old in part of Greece : CREOSOTE
13-down – Shatter a thespian’s illusions : PHANTASIES
15-down – We’re told any government chosen leaves English without proper care : NEGLECTED
16-down – Sort of spin one thus put on an issue : ISOTOPIC
17-down – XI said to give trouble for the spectator : CROSSEYE
19-down – Like food from Spain the Spanish offer up : EDIBLE
20-down – Part of Channel is indeed fast : SOLENT
23-down – Sick, knocking back vermouth and wine : TIRED
24-down – Wader again following current : IBIS
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.