This crossword No. 26811 clues and answers were published on Fri 19 Feb 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26811 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Depraved noble doesn’t begin to accept proposal for coastal walk : ESPLANADE
10-across – University in foreign capital, contrary affair : AMOUR
11-across – Pick at sound bags, as weight carried on ship : TONNAGE
12-across – Sole gutted, a low fish : SEABASS
13-across – A real nice kinda American waterway : ERIE
14-across – Jack has made a howler with an actress : JEANHARLOW
16-across – Meatballs bought in packs of twenty? : FAGGOTS
17-across – Relative torpor ultimately probing knickers : BROTHER
19-across – Domestic problem having to tell mother to cut rent : RISINGDAMP
22-across – Deity wanting manna for the gods, by all conclusions : ARES
24-across – Take flight that’s sound from Jersey, boarding vessel : VAMOOSE
25-across – A couple of fruits, the second hollow food : ALIMENT
26-across – Follow bird past entrance to tunnel : TRAIL
27-across – Cake singer stuffed in hole : MADELEINE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Ferret gone, virtually spiralling into hole where downward force acts : CENTREOFGRAVITY
2-down – Brisk corporal punishment : SPANKING
3-down – See 13 : CANAL
4-down – Without a concern, needing the bus then to tour Egyptian capital? : CARELESS
5-down – See 23 : SEASON
6-down – Priest captivated by buzzing toy in Michigan city : KALAMAZOO
7-down – Extra head apiece : NOBALL
8-down – Who created this chromium-coated badge containing more than one steel? : CROSSWORDSETTER
15-down – Strike not working with pawns : DOWNTOOLS
17-down – Gang up on troubadours for attacks : BOMBARDS
18-down – Adopting leader in Mephistopheles, apostate completely isolated : HERMETIC
20-down – Con PM’s other half goes in — here? : SAMCAM
21-down – Opening of market in free trade had a vision : DREAMT
23-down – When not much happening, edge on nose, say, being reshaped : SILLY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.