This crossword No. 26666 clues and answers were published on Wed 02 Sep 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26666 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – 12 across in curried food business : FISHERY
8-across – Lionel, a hot favourite at Christmas? : MESSIAH
9-across – Deal here in broken toys : KENT
10-across – See 2 : THEROMANS
12-across – An expert in the gymnasium? : PEACE
13-across – It helps feet go on platforms : PODIATRY
15-across – Two elements essential to our existence : LIFE
16-across – Queen may, we hear, be confused with 8 : BRIAN
17-across – A girl, not a son? I’m not happy about that : ALAS
18-across – Brief order to stop working : MEDICINE
20-across – Savages bad housing that holds area back : MAULS
21-across – See 2 : DONEFORUS
22-across – Expected learner to get to the end of Pushkin : DUEL
24-across – Paul had one for 10 : EPISTLE
25-across – B___ awful noise made by group together : BRACKET
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Home adopted by the Guardian : WINE
2-down – Excuse me? Did some old people at any time cause our ruin? That’s a funny revolutionary line : WHATHAVE
3-down – Feel shame, seeing horse in pen : WRITHE
4-down – Obliged to look over opponents : BEHOLDEN
5-down – A short clever answer is capital : ASMARA
6-down – Bog briefly venerated by 10 : MARS
11-down – Drink while young — make mine purer when brewed : ENPRIMEUR
12-down – Sit, keeping one’s balance : POISE
14-down – A part of Norfolk that’s not British : ROADS
16-down – Firm moves into sort of market with no room left : BRIMFULL
17-down – A line abandoned by Europe, avoided in hearing : AQUEDUCT
19-down – To remove electrons from position is easy : IONISE
20-down – What hurts me in Indian city : MYSORE
21-down – Patsy’s English, looked down on by Irish party : DUPE
23-down – See 2 : EVER
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.