This crossword No. 26611 clues and answers were published on Tue 30 Jun 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26611 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Have fun exciting two lasses in wood? : SOWONESWILDOATS
9-across – Lever in middle of lounge, lifted : UPRISEN
10-across – Loose woman’s first to break up partners at the end of the day : SUNDOWN
11-across – Tool knocking head off pump, perhaps : HOE
12-across – One’s likely to drop off Eric Clapton after taking a spin : NARCOLEPTIC
13-across – Reckon one’s reaching a sweet African city : ADDISABABA
15-across – Connect Maltese and Spanish borders : MESH
18-across – Some bike pinched, in gendarme’s possession : KEPI
20-across – Badger bait sent back, large cask having snared a mammoth : GARGANTUAN
23-across – Erotic love’s surprisingly sedentary : LOCORESTIVE
25-across – Wait to drop two rivers — for one? : TAY
26-across – A writer in a newspaper cut the coffee : ARABICA
27-across – Funny second series on television’s beginning : STRANGE
28-across – See 5 : ANDITSNOTCLEVER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Given little money, appear grateful having secured British home for the National Theatre : SOUTHBANK
2-down – One’s charged a bundle of money to trap bird : WARHEAD
3-down – Curiosity has no function on ship : NOSINESS
4-down – Ultimate in father figures, upstanding European chap : SENOR
5-down – That’s small and thick? Grow up! : ITSNOTBIG
6-down – Fool reciting 11 and 25 after this in book? : DONKEY
7-down – Bitter hiding place for missionary : APOSTLE
8-down – Very fine, but not entirely speedy : SONIC
14-down – Crew member heading for bathroom, then waits on a potty : BOATSWAIN
16-down – Try to hold on with extra climbing, as arboreal mammal : HONEYBEAR
17-down – Whole jumbo jet then ends up south of island : INTEGRAL
19-down – Bird requires school to catch fish : POCHARD
21-down – Old raconteur seen one month after the second half of another? : USTINOV
22-down – Bacon, say, last of meat eaten by short lady, perhaps? : ARTIST
23-down – It’s beastly in the morning, everyone getting up : LLAMA
24-down – Batting position entered : INSET
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.