This crossword No. 26763 clues and answers were published on Thu 24 Dec 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26763 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Smooth wrapping paper, easily damaged? : FRAGILE
5-across – Sprout inspiring celebrated bird : BUSTARD
9-across – Oliver Twist, perhaps, in the Queen’s Speech on a regular basis : OFTEN
10-across – British dependency no good for flamingoes in a storm : ISLEOFMAN
11-across – Spot recalled into which hefty eater takes a great deal — that’s behind the tongue : EPIGLOTTIS
12-across – Popular daily, vacuous newspaper in short? : INDY
14-across – Christmas crackers to grip on, those for Elizabeth? : MONARCHISTS
18-across – Those making rowdy brawls from fairy lights, perhaps? : SPOONERISMS
21-across – Crackers — what are they for? : NUTS
22-across – Censor wicked and loathsome extremists heading for Richmond in US state capital : BOWDLERISE
25-across – Hasty devil, posh as it happens, scoffing last of vol-au-vents : IMPULSIVE
26-across – Tax contributing to development, it helps : TITHE
27-across – Christmas present in obscurity : NOWHERE
28-across – Little time on Whale Island : MINORCA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Those in the red hats initially stuffing turkey in retail establishment : FLOWER
2-down – A Norway spruce in part of Northern Ireland : ANTRIM
3-down – Man in life, flawed genius primarily, as writer : IANFLEMING
4-down – Cardinal virtue finally turning up, little time to live : EXIST
5-down – Game all I cooked in partridges etc : BILLIARDS
6-down – See 1 : SHOP
7-down – Advise against a plate of food Boxing Day : ADMONISH
8-down – Foppish behaviour in mind say, dude’s first to gyrate : DANDYISM
13-down – Box clever in the end, entering school as writer : CHESTERTON
15-down – Make dull creations lively : NARCOTISE
16-down – A newspaper I love in outskirts of Chilean capital : ASUNCION
17-down – What’s up high, punched by old boxer? : SOUTHPAW
19-down – Scrooge investing capital in theory — that’s how he’s known : MISTER
20-down – Wilder verbal attack starts in European city : GENEVA
23-down – Ultimately, reverie in short? : DREAM
24-down – Down which Father Christmas sped, did you say? : FLUE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.