This crossword No. 26660 clues and answers were published on Wed 26 Aug 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26660 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Fellow runs away from European prepared to sell his soul : FAUSTIAN
5-across – Clumsy like Hollande’s politics? : GAUCHE
9-across – Show extravagant pictures from east — there’ll be scoffing here : TRATTORIA
11-across – Gobbles up accompaniment for nuts : BOLTS
12-across – Deploying sarcasm etc? It’s negative campaigning : SMEARTACTICS
15-across – Gong rings round part of orchestra : OBOE
16-across – Dailies to set out to pen paper’s conclusion in these : EDITORIALS
18-across – Loose woman rejected by respectable novelist : GALSWORTHY
19-across – Abandon offspring when outspoken : CEDE
21-across – Hones cryptic setting to produce brilliant display : PYROTECHNICS
24-across – Female’s dressing outside of Dog and Duck : DODGE
25-across – Upper seconds by alumni failing in avoiding alcohol : STIMULANT
26-across – Just holding covers for literary chronicler : EVELYN
27-across – Climb on fairground’s chief attraction? : BESTRIDE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cheers up, entertained by extremes of fame and fortune : FATE
2-down – Where men go, but not in river : URAL
3-down – I’m off, then I’m back for oriental furnishing : TATAMI
4-down – Song by desert peoples contains constant affectation : AIRSANDGRACES
6-down – Lab re-created a heart for a fish : ALBACORE
7-down – Refined schoolboy having one butt in : CULTIVATED
8-down – Time to leave new US states and the other part of the country : EASTSUSSEX
10-down – Sparkling stuff back in print, feature by magazine showing how to save Labour? : ASTITCHINTIME
13-down – Hot dog prepared with English, fatty mishmash : HODGEPODGE
14-down – Group withdrawing pound before bank charge is levied here : TOLLBRIDGE
17-down – Nervous, tense rabbit close to anxiety : TWITTERY
20-down – Where money’s deposited and left free of charge : ACQUIT
22-down – Independent publication’s first old-fashioned spellers? : MAGI
23-down – Last year, contracted medical problem : STYE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.