This crossword No. 26781 clues and answers were published on Fri 15 Jan 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26781 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Floor reflecting groundwork by law : PERPLEX
5-across – Pain cutting ear, then doctor back : LUMBAGO
10-across – See 23 and 6 : BARS
11-across – Servile pair of lackeys starting to open vessel, accessing the ship’s drink : GROVELLING
12-across – A pommel horse on terra firma : ASHORE
13-across – Masses drifting away, slice of cake ultimately getting wasted : ICEFLOES
14-across – In store, get beyond Italy to explore by boat : ISLANDHOP
16-across – See 17 : RINGS
17-across – Discipline suffering in part of the orchestra : STILL
19-across – Wave going over as two loose packs in the hold : STOWSAWAY
23-across – Discipline shown by the whole island cutting fish : PARALLEL
24-across – Wheels about 45 inches once, in vault : CELLAR
26-across – Box for an emperor, Giza by the sound of it — more than one of those? : SARCOPHAGI
27-across – See 29 : BEAM
28-across – Winding up, caught behind : CLOSING
29-across – Discipline required to put scales on ray : BALANCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Touring circuits, clock up passes : ELAPSES
3-down – Sauce of patriot finally investing in foreign currency : PESTO
4-down – Boffin Bill after something composed of yellow and white, gas : EGGHEAD
6-down – Say, 1, 3 or 5 score units, as a discipline : UNEVEN
7-down – Music maker beginning to bark in the style of a dog who was out of this world : BALALAIKA
8-down – Nag about nines when one over the eight, stimulating stuff : GINSENG
9-down – Discipline, with ban on lying? : HORIZONTALBAR
15-down – Capital distanced from affairs in unions : ALLIANCES
18-down – Labour Party clipped in the end : TRAVAIL
20-down – Close to Moscow I note, a US city : WICHITA
21-down – Germany and Thailand have abandoned a theatrical old language : ARAMAIC
22-down – Margin required to fit in male shoe : SLIPON
25-down – Destination getting into Tripoli by air? : LIBYA
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.