This crossword No. 26506 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 Feb 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26506 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Where you might find sheep to hug : INFOLD
5-across – Tamper with gold or silver, by the sound of it? : MEDDLE
8-across – Erratic leader of London embroiled in capital cock-up : AIMLESS
9-across – Artist admitted to revolutionary artist’s workshop : SEMINAR
11-across – Sorrowful musings, having called honeymoon off : ODEONMELANCHOLY
12-across – Food from cooks in Hackney : EATS
13-across – New home, tax-free, that is housing five : INNOVATIVE
17-across – Love plumpness? It’s a puffed-up quality : OROTUNDITY
18-across – Force back cold brandy : MARC
20-across – Imprisoned old fellow given sentence before it’s too late : INTHENICKOFTIME
23-across – Intended, without waiting, to break ruler : KNOWING
24-across – Miserable wretch in sort of cloth hat : REPTILE
25-across – A setter — one in the money! : CEMENT
26-across – One won’t stand for teacher penning dry English : SITTER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Cracked town walls in dark shade offering a short cut? : NUMBERTWO
3-down – Southern and Indian cane so in need of cultivation? : OCEANS
4-down – Round object made without a saw : DISCERNED
5-down – Tea from the south Tuscan town : MASSA
6-down – Politician’s curse about rejected advance : DEMOCRAT
7-down – Zip up coat of gigolo making speech : LINGO
8-down – Reason to fall out of boat one scuttled with sharp tool : ABONETOPICK
10-down – Maybe ABBA anthem cut short amid wild cheers by yours truly : RHYMESCHEME
14-down – Clearly not straight bypasses in suburbia? : OUTSKIRTS
15-down – Put slant on current story — one Conservative is involved : ITALICISE
16-down – Spooner’s in favour of county, it’s guaranteed : SUREFIRE
19-down – Rancid milk on the turn? Exactly : OFFPAT
21-down – Figure in time line : TROPE
22-down – Metal block’s hot, with raised thermal resistance : INGOT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.