This crossword No. 26810 clues and answers were published on Thu 18 Feb 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26810 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – A western pie that’s good cooked : SPAGHETTI
8-across – West Country wench? : WOMAN
9-across – Solved a clue for part of the West Country : SORTEDOUT
10-across – Drink, second as chaser, to West Country : WALES
12-across – Where one would go to get food for native : INBRED
13-across – Going west and not really caring — OK? : CROAKING
14-across – People who get together in cars around London’s West End : COUPLES
17-across – From Dakota unto Nevada, somewhere in the West Country : TAUNTON
20-across – West Country’s first to get noticed: mad about it : OCCIDENT
22-across – Carried too much from Calais, going west : PORTED
24-across – Whence dawn breaks in the West Country : FROME
25-across – One lies dead, in a way perfected : IDEALISED
26-across – State in Midwest : MAINE
27-across – Many went to America — the Wild West — to find something to eat : IRISHSTEW
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Unfairly put upon to confess where an American lives : UPTOWN
2-down – A contemptible person undermined by support for political activity : AGITPROP
3-down – Looked after some of the West End edition : TENDED
4-down – Firm stem : STAUNCH
5-down – Return to fashion? Expert embraces first principles with a twist : GOBACK
6-down – Criticise nationwide absence of characters composing in style : WADEINTO
11-down – Nixon, weak even in the Midwest? : IOWA
15-down – Western set in Oklahoma, product of miners hiding robbers’ ringleaders : OKCORRAL
16-down – West Country project in part of Scandinavia : EDEN
18-down – US drug cops capture one from Mexico — yes, with plants : NARCISSI
19-down – Across top of Tombstone, ride up and take bullet; finally bit the dust : ATEDIRT
21-down – Leader of thieves is out of time holding up miners, resisting attacks : IMMUNE
22-down – Marshal Earp is given commendation : PRAISE
23-down – What would you call Boatman, if he retired in the West Country? : EXETER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.