This crossword No. 26521 clues and answers were published on Tue 17 Mar 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26521 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Research centre lists consumer items : EATABLES
9-across – Cult of victory died in the Olympics, symbolically dismantled and curtailed : VOODOO
10-across – Don’t intend to upset excellent water container? : MEAN
11-across – City fails to make a profit — financial backer brought in : LOSANGELES
12-across – Substantial but not with significant age : EIGHTY
14-across – A close thing, fitting woman into dining area : MEANNESS
15-across – The man full of nonsense rejected chief bishop : EPARCH
17-across – Reduce in number, as something that’s spotted and rotten : DIEOFF
20-across – Pub crowd rely on getting drunk : HOSTELRY
22-across – Present and past spot for pitch : SEESAW
23-across – Count this as a bonus roll or omen of misfortune? : THIRTEENTH
24-across – Drunk with hot love : WINO
25-across – Mysteries have the power to break a god : ARCANA
26-across – Maybe Jethro Tull takes little time to make a hit album : THRILLER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Fiery Kate, female one has to break : TAKEFIVE
2-down – Preserve Scottish dynasty without independence : HAIN
3-down – Moorish town, sort with connecting line : ILKLEY
4-down – Doctors slaving to secure end of the controller : SVENGALI
5-down – Meet with disaster, provoking demon on cue : COMEUNDONE
6-down – Ginger beer tip: goes off when infiltrated by rain? : ROGERS
8-down – Sort of oil — a mess all over earth : SESAME
13-down – Try the northern-style holiday — agony! : HEARTBREAK
16-down – Clued as moving with the speed of light, no two ways about it : CULDESAC
18-down – Put on a performance of Ran with relative incision : FLAUNTED
19-down – Sexless city gent choreographed ballet role : CYGNET
21-down – Rest after removing entrance to dams : OTHERS
22-down – An artist owns up: A great waste : SAHARA
24-down – See 10 : WELL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.