This crossword No. 26803 clues and answers were published on Wed 10 Feb 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26803 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Check car back from MOT : AUDIT
4-across – Sense group rowing will accept agreement : EYESIGHT
8-across – Stable’s opposite a home, with horses circling in range : ROCKYMOUNTAINS
10-across – Cat spat, needing to trap old rook, but it never comes : TOMORROW
11-across – Leave out reason to undertake vanity project? : FOREGO
12-across – Measure two thoroughfares I see crossed by cattle : YARDSTICK
15-across – A man and a dog, at first, having a lead : AHEAD
17-across – Surrealist painter is in France, holding service : ERNST
18-across – Pen novel for reclining dictator, some light material : STYROFOAM
19-across – Taking down unpopular government : NOTING
21-across – Linguistic scholar grabbing lingerie in robbery : HEBRAIST
24-across – Politician, during progressive period, is acquiring intelligence : RECONNAISSANCE
25-across – Kid about a biter bit : SMIDGEON
26-across – Race track covering everyone : RALLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A fair lady showing an arm and a leg : APRETTYPENNY
2-down – Italian tales of Parisian romance translated : DECAMERON
3-down – Frivolous person was not found in two years : TOYER
4-down – Social discipline or order is come to restrain criminal : ECONOMICS
5-down – Plover, nestling, swallows, eagle : ERNE
6-down – Keen on gathering bouquet up for boyfriend : INAMORATO
7-down – Going topless, complain there’ll be swinging around here : HINGE
9-down – Do rhymers with wit inventively show such skill? : WORDSMITHERY
13-down – Can solicit to cut down tree : SATINWOOD
14-down – Shock Yankees in advocating state intervention in 4? : KEYNESIAN
16-down – In a state, eastern US city’s up for housing proposal : EMOTIONAL
20-down – Quantity of heat energy is hot, in a word : THERM
22-down – He stops lying and touching gentleman up : RISER
23-down – I must catch cold? Not again! : ONCE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.