This crossword No. 26606 clues and answers were published on Wed 24 Jun 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26606 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – With vacuous smile, see dope : SEDATE
4-across – Lamb possibly filling pies, say, is tasty : ESSAYIST
9-across – A position to get behind shot? : GOALIE
10-across – Strikers here in game: the penalty area : MATCHBOX
11-across – Operations devised primarily to interrupt an explosion of impotence in gibbons, perhaps? : APPENDECTOMIES
13-across – Arty with brains, terribly brilliant couple here? : BINARYSTAR
14-across – Gone, a king long ago : OFFA
16-across – Vulgar couple beginning to lech from behind : LOUD
18-across – One causing friction excluded in report of what’s binding? : RUBBERBAND
21-across – A Tory authoritarian in brute that may squeeze the life out of you? : BOACONSTRICTOR
23-across – Car, one in a hundred for trial : AUDITION
24-across – Small mammal contracted disease, unfortunately : DASSIE
25-across – Vain prince informally introduced to beauty : DANDYISH
26-across – Scorer for European city : BERLIN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Story with Ottoman commanders written up : SAGA
2-down – Evidently mortal god, communicating little : DEADPAN
3-down – Writer coming up with score for soap, perhaps? : TOILETRY
5-down – Formality a warning sign, where justice was rarely served : STARCHAMBER
6-down – An unfinished assignment as a mainstay : ANCHOR
7-down – Concisely written ultimately, French produce cracking poem : INBRIEF
8-down – Rank outsiders in Tunisia requiring some of the stadium to support team : TAXISTAND
12-down – See 17 : DISCUSSIONS
13-down – Hoarding? William Shakespeare hoards nothing! : BILLBOARD
15-down – Odd bits to unclip in box, like a cross : CRUCIATE
17-down – Sex sounding as spurious, an event to be covered up : UGANDAN
19-down – Excitement, seeing America in a shortlist? : AROUSAL
20-down – Left and left again, lorry finally gets round : PORTLY
22-down – Strap which comes down, by the sound of it? : REIN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.