This crossword No. 26248 clues and answers were published on Thu 01 May 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26248 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sprinkler required after Penny gets border plant : PRIMROSE
5-across – Members of the aristocracy lounge on Sunday : BARONS
9-across – Begin hostilities in a hot place : OPENFIRE
10-across – Wine stored in port and aged : PASTIT
12-across – Seeds taking some beating : PULSE
13-across – Pinochet’s muddled analysis of speech : PHONETICS
14-across – A place for cropping trials in Slough : SHEARINGSHED
18-across – Ambitious and venomous reptile, one that’s intelligent : ASPIRATIONAL
21-across – European’s gone? Put away : POLISHOFF
23-across – Promiscuous European after the toilets : LOOSE
24-across – Doctor broke tureen : NEUTER
25-across – Wayward congressman rejected poetry : PERVERSE
26-across – Mention hiding earl’s jacket : REEFER
27-across – Pioneer showed the way in a state of shock : STARTLED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Quick and easy victory in gymnastics : PROMPT
2-down – High standards of ladies become corrupted : IDEALS
3-down – Drink in training review : REFRESHER
4-down – Presently about to fall over transport — drawing amusement? : STRIPCARTOON
6-down – Saw one’s daughter get on : ADAGE
7-down – Absolutely impossible Conservative : OUTRIGHT
8-down – Dismiss Greek characters in team : SETASIDE
11-down – Chain of events making me infect food, accidentally : DOMINOEFFECT
15-down – German aristocrat always found in a car : GEARLEVER
16-down – Lady reading about writer is a spoilsport : DAMPENER
17-down – Primate accepts Paul’s dubious accolade : APPLAUSE
19-down – Enclosure puts Rex in the pink : CORRAL
20-down – Ambassador in sight of guillotine : BEHEAD
22-down – Foreigner is initially Sheffield United player : SWEDE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.