This crossword No. 26758 clues and answers were published on Fri 18 Dec 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26758 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Pretty vacuous stuff, as in a pair of habits : PYJAMAS
5-across – Turned over, grain soaks cooking vessel : STEWPAN
9-across – Athenian money requiring flash investment : TIMON
10-across – Somewhat like 1 down? That’s too much : ABITTHICK
11-across – Swimmer has old hair style : GREYMULLET
12-across – Ladies’ man — Agrippa, say? : STUD
14-across – Maximum score on board, little time left in between, try to rebuild : TREBLETWENTY
18-across – Altercations getting out of hand between New York and California, perhaps : INTERCOASTAL
21-across – 24th chap detailed? : MANX
22-across – Cleaner cheek on bum : FACESPONGE
25-across – Gather around to insist on a comfort break? Here’s the bad news! : READEMAND
26-across – Certainly not close to autumn, the night before last in summer : NEVER
27-across – Old man in want after potassium as protection for joint : KNEEPAD
28-across – Decide to do this puzzle again? : RESOLVE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Vessel takes a long time warming food : POTAGE
2-down – Top steeplechaser, perhaps? : JUMPER
3-down – Author Thomas tours book fair in Parisian district : MONTMARTRE
4-down – Sloth, part Brazilian, sleeping upside down : SNAIL
5-down – Chicken partially boned? : SPINELESS
6-down – Poet abandoning the top table : EATS
7-down – Constable, perhaps, catching breath, an individual collared : PAINTING
8-down – Observer simply reviewing Yankee Doodle: Gutless : NAKEDEYE
13-down – Gear to change as went past : SWEATPANTS
15-down – Pathogen I guess consuming oxygen under blackhead : BIOHAZARD
16-down – German statesman’s doctrine dividing king and nipper after uprising : BISMARCK
17-down – Very old figure breaking leg : STONEAGE
19-down – Whine, seeing scorpion’s tail in trousers being pulled up : SNIVEL
20-down – Stuff about English prince or king? : GEORGE
23-down – One or the other with a cold duck? : EIDER
24-down – See 25 : WEEP
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.