This crossword No. 26665 clues and answers were published on Tue 01 Sep 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26665 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Set about upstart to get promotion : STEPUP
5-across – Woeful expression over financial centre’s indecent behaviour : SALACITY
9-across – One line in Arabic translated as somewhere in Italy : CALABRIA
10-across – Miles enters sporting heat for the community : HAMLET
11-across – Pest controller uses arsenic with a scary cry : ASBO
12-across – Spacecraft with new inside : UNFORGIVEN
13-across – Diminutive cover for cook’s dish cracked by pub : PINNIE
14-across – Etruscan cast out as dissenter : RECUSANT
16-across – Horny tip from second city of old queen? : SURROYAL
19-across – Quit when Hoover put away : VACATE
21-across – As a selective killer, Charlie bid for change : HERBICIDAL
23-across – Man’s one non-Latin thread : ISLE
24-across – One-time domain of French drink agents : MERCIA
25-across – Thespian needs some whisky — act suffers without one : DRAMATIC
26-across – Pen outside of faltering reach of English literary figure : STRACHEY
27-across – One’s bothered by exclamation no more : ENOUGH
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Eastern males in madly frustrating process of becoming exalted : TRANSFIGUREMENT
3-down – Philosopher working for a group with a common purpose : PLATOON
4-down – Odour production from vapour-filled alcoholic drink : PERFUMERY
5-down – Scottish island’s casually spoken permanent employee : STAFFER
6-down – Note a river’s mud flow : LAHAR
7-down – Force to appear in pathetic sitcom — sugar-coated fare : COMFITS
8-down – Narrator unavailable? Your guess is as good as mine : THERESNOTELLING
15-down – White wine, laced, spoilt procession : CAVALCADE
17-down – Old instrument: state feminine name : REBECCA
18-down – Celebration of US city having variable input to World War II event : LADYDAY
20-down – City’s smart to acquire ace shot : CHICAGO
22-down – Ready to fence river fall : CRASH
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.