This crossword No. 26808 clues and answers were published on Tue 16 Feb 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26808 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Controversial candidate wanting power … and nearly becoming president? : TRUMAN
4-across – Call on setter to retire — it makes you sick! : EMETIC
9-across – Draw fellow in back as means of identification : EFIT
10-across – Glamorous people I follow around : GLITTERATI
11-across – Language needing clarification — plain English! : NEPALI
12-across – Doctor not male — one patient at it : ONTHEJOB
13-across – Taking part in tiebreaker hasn’t lost — it’s working : PAYINGOFF
15-across – Boss’s room not quite finished : STUD
16-across – Cash from court gets Henry on track : PATH
17-across – Sign to west, proper elections : PRIMARIES
21-across – Claptrap from Conservative members occasionally worth recalling : TOMMYROT
22-across – Instructions to massage deep, not hard : RUBRIC
24-across – Rose sportingly let out after retraction at the last minute : JUSTINTIME
25-across – Eight organisations rejected features writer : ROTH
26-across – Refrain from taking action over training centre? : EUSTON
27-across – Holder and others sounded greatly impressed : SLAYED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Material upset big cheese : TAFFETA
2-down – Extreme skill? Partly luck, on reflection : ULTRA
3-down – Group heading off to fish for sport : ANGLING
5-down – China’s quite regularly embraced change : MUTATE
6-down – Wrong people arrested for eliminating female bully : TORMENTOR
7-down – Brought round to prepare, regularly, a cold meal for queen : CATFOOD
8-down – Our own dear land : RIPOFFBRITAIN
14-down – Suggests it’s raised among prisoners : INTIMATES
16-down – Liberal academic finds employment : PROFUSE
18-down – Poet : MARVELL
19-down – Was son left outside? : EXISTED
20-down – Quickly aware of pair on top : PRONTO
23-down – Horse nibbling Mr Turner’s nuts : BARMY
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.