This crossword No. 26409 clues and answers were published on Wed 05 Nov 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26409 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Hellish extremists welcoming old Communist leader, that man in Asian revolutionary : HOCHIMINH
10-across – Upset about head of family one’s butted? : RIFLE
11-across – Dance round home with record : ONESTEP
12-across – Matt finish in mind around one card : DIAMOND
13-across – See 23 : FROG
14-across – Tried describing some 12s in exercise with 12s : PROSECUTED
16-across – Recording away from the studio — tedious? : OUTSIDE
17-across – Profligate is no longer taking risks, enjoying life for starters : WASTREL
19-across – One waking up with buzz, going after first of tsetse flies : TROUSERZIP
22-across – Drug treatment to get over cold : ACID
24-across – Country putting organ on menu : ENGLAND
25-across – Having failed, pleased to see passed : ELAPSED
26-across – Girl — Frenchman going after one : IRENE
27-across – Boring project with petulant rant? : CROSSRAIL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Talk directly, given Spooner’s sound of the fog horn? : SHOOTFROMTHEHIP
2-down – Mimed to a T, cued badly : ACTEDOUT
3-down – Iffy novel about debasement ultimately, fiend from hell shackling female in vacuous story? : FIFTY
4-down – Scatter spiders spinning on middle of web : DISPERSE
5-down – See 3 : SHADES
6-down – See 16 : BROADCAST
7-down – A feature of a carnival on the sea : AFLOAT
8-down – Grass reported a couple of cons in rhyme : HEYDIDDLEDIDDLE
15-down – Female writer capturing hearts with article, distorted : MISSHAPEN
17-down – Very exciting bit I can’t hear, nothing trivial, initially : WHITEHOT
18-down – Famous singer causes agitation to sailor : ROCKSTAR
20-down – See 3 : OFGREY
21-down – Cut cherry, juicier with odd bits removed : REDUCE
23-down – Jumper knitted from rags worn by hippy leader : MARSH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.