This crossword No. 26260 clues and answers were published on Thu 15 May 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26260 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – In casual style, play keeping at a certain level : STRATUM
5-across – Extra weight, dammit, about a pound : BALLAST
9-across – Put on food for queens : CATER
10-across – Some disastrous films noirs? : OILSLICKS
11-across – Nation into old language, Germany as usual : NORMALISED
12-across – Century forward then? : TON
14-across – Judge record speed, about one minute : DISCRIMINATE
18-across – Real number around about a thousand, back as standard : UNREMARKABLE
21-across – Halter top is not hers : HIS
22-across – Impious characters in Arimathea then? I shudder! : HEATHENISH
25-across – Queen’s king not left to stuff vegetable : ONEVISION
26-across – Mathematician bending rule about first of equations : EULER
27-across – Cruise around state east of Maine — there’s another word for it : METONYM
28-across – Adulterer, say, gutless guy in collaboration : SYNERGY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Flash is silver : SECOND
2-down – King’s son, utter freak wrapped in plaster : RETURN
3-down – Land about right, a farmer needing it cultivated : TERRAFIRMA
4-down – I ramble, rolling tongue : MAORI
5-down – Party coming up, I learn moves to become a dancer : BALLERINA
6-down – All shook up, a land in California? : LALA
7-down – Bay cooler? : ALCATRAZ
8-down – See 2 : TOSENDER
13-down – King’s pop song : BILLIEJEAN
15-down – Record moving up into top 1,000 — It’s Now Or Never : CARPEDIEM
16-down – Parent welcoming a little less conversation with young Australian swell : MUSHROOM
17-down – Chance to be among the finest, most energetic : BRISKEST
19-down – Queen’s with queen, as king more poorly : KILLER
20-down – Question about stray barge : WHERRY
23-down – Capital city is under revolutionary enthusiast : TUNIS
24-down – Close to the French, north European : FINN
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.