This crossword No. 26435 clues and answers were published on Fri 05 Dec 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26435 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Phil’s in pieces going over lines : COLLINS
5-across – He beats stranger after dreadful start : DRUMMER
9-across – Deprived of minibus not in the same place : MINUS
10-across – Fervent disorder with Paisley, perhaps, in charge : MESSIANIC
11-across – Journal covering leaderless lawsuit’s volume of words : DICTIONARY
12-across – Masters Genesis number : MAMA
14-across – IRA’s grit seen to emerge from this event? : EASTERRISING
18-across – He makes cheeky revelation in Times about English novel : THEMOONSTONE
21-across – See 24 : GAEL
22-across – Masterpiece of gun surgery by American : MAGNUMOPUS
25-across – Steady second independent Liberal returned in contested seat : STABILISE
26-across – Key to apartment No 5? : EFLAT
27-across – Hunk goes over to relax, say, in swingers’ bar : TRAPEZE
28-across – Such rulers stop seditious faction after revolution : DESPOTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Arrive at party and face problem : COMEDO
2-down – Girl entertains a name over in folly : LUNACY
3-down – One of the originators, possibly, but no hero : INSTIGATOR
4-down – Writer’s filling issue for singer and playwright : SIMON
5-down – Strand grass for sand hopper : DESERTRAT
6-down – One needing exercise wants female : UNIT
7-down – Bloke’s endlessly reckless language : MANDARIN
8-down – Soldiers rush to load batteries again : RECHARGE
13-down – They check cards and figures on green flags : PINNUMBERS
15-down – Hesitant but alert, relegating leading pair : TENTATIVE
16-down – Mark to remain a long time confined in flats, typically : STAGESET
17-down – Rum compound made out of rare fluid : DEMERARA
19-down – Spacecraft left in a swimming pool : APOLLO
20-down – The way things are, wine’s flooding Italy : ASITIS
23-down – Lots light up, beginning to drink : NOEND
24-down – Party’s feeling agitated about answer : FINE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.