This crossword No. 26540 clues and answers were published on Wed 08 Apr 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26540 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Delay for audience, with cheers backing singer, one ditching the Stones? : WEIGHTWATCHER
10-across – A list of bonus funds withdrawn : TOPDRAWER
11-across – Part of member’s time wasted : THIGH
12-across – Grub left to get eaten in swamp : FLOOD
13-across – Bird reportedly shy, getting plastered : ROUGHCAST
14-across – Improvement from right back, cracking winning goal : UPTREND
16-across – Bear with regularly brash, stuck-up official : POOHBAH
18-across – Pair that trashed hotel to leave suite : PARTITA
20-across – It’s not free to broadcast with higher frequency : OFTENER
21-across – That woman is taken in by rogue husband to some extent : RATHERISH
23-across – Attack lines ending novel : SHELL
24-across – Slim Rocky boxing head of Apollo Creed : ISLAM
25-across – Thick sort of drink’s taken back from William Tell : SIMPLETON
26-across – Cliched remarks where capitalists congregate : STOCKEXCHANGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Old loaf cut by shop’s end user : EXPLOITER
3-down – Did Pierce blush? : GORED
4-down – Groom’s intention to suppress hesitation, offering rose : TOWERED
5-down – How might I deal with flat melody? Get information : AIRPUMP
6-down – Merciless fox to hurt cat : CUTTHROAT
7-down – Woman’s age about 101 — it’s rising : ERICA
8-down – Cool having row, with stimulant swallowed by mistake : STIFFUPPERLIP
9-down – Beaten 3-0! What a place to see it happen? : WHITEHARTLANE
15-down – Maybe skinny dip English rejected, crime when swimming : EPIDERMIC
17-down – Surprisingly, nude male’s found behind British chancellor’s place? : BUNDESTAG
19-down – Disputed a lot of lies : ATISSUE
20-down – Like old written language? Turn up a Master in Latin here : OGHAMIC
22-down – One abandoning throne, wanting occupation : TOLET
23-down – Like girl, endlessly knocked back the sauce : SALSA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.