This crossword No. 26790 clues and answers were published on Tue 26 Jan 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26790 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Takes off faster, so leaves behind … : OUTSTRIPS
6-across – … one of 26 22 down’s daughters, starting to head out of Czech city : DRNO
8-across – Second fattest short bottles of beer : STUBBIES
9-across – See 1 down : AFRICA
10-across – Pudding in place for tea, we hear : AFTERS
11-across – Start off with most voracious appetite, being extremely tall and thin? : REEDIEST
12-across – Get the fruit of another’s labour? That’s a feature of 22 down 26’s game plan, initially : SCRUMP
15-across – 22 down 26’s trademark wild dog and polar bears : DROPGOAL
16-across – Good-for-nothing actor providing new content for Sun’s gaps in layout? : SPACINGS
19-across – Just in, without a break, for one-month try-out : MARTYR
21-across – Put out of action by baddies running round lake : DISABLED
22-across – Trouble as one taking orders runs away : BOTHER
24-across – Recalled sickly green eyespots on peacock : OCELLI
25-across – Robben half-heartedly upset with ref giving score by 26 22 down : BORNFREE
26-across – See 22 down : JOHN
27-across – Soft form of sunlight featuring in Laurel’s beauty treatments : SPRAYTANS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Foot slipped going round bend? If a car crashed, it’s one of 26 22 down’s : OUTOF
2-down – Frozen scene able to be negotiated by Greek character : TABLEAU
3-down – 22 down 26 scores, when starting regularly in games : TRIES
4-down – Having cover pulled up from under us, nightly : INSURED
5-down – Sat around near small cafe, lacking a place for formal occasions : STATEROOM
6-down – Flower girl and criminal : DARLING
7-down – Essential scenes shot before virgin blows top : NECESSARY
13-down – : CAPRICCIO
14-down – 22 down 26 scores one steel pan arrangement : PENALTIES
17-down – Place in Bond film — one of 26 22 down’s : CHAPLIN
18-down – Windows feature in mirror : SIDEBAR
20-down – Liqueur drunk at a fair : RATAFIA
22-down – One who scored piece of music found in front of unsigned library book : BARRY
23-down – Fair chance of taking time out from equestrian competitions? : EVENS
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.