This crossword No. 26846 clues and answers were published on Thu 31 Mar 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26846 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Brown, an old joke : CHESTNUT
9-across – Duck has to be green : OLIVE
10-across – Horse in theory the better gelding, all at the rear dropping back : GREY
11-across – Lingo almost unrecognisable in accent, unable to tie anything up? : STRINGLESS
12-across – Pink bum finally squeezed into shop : SALMON
14-across – US wood grain fared oddly after treatment : GRANDFIR
15-across – Extreme north shrouded in reddish-blue : VIOLENT
17-across – Yellow meat : CHICKEN
20-across – Bird after lemonade, then home for macaroni : POPINJAY
22-across – Secured by screwed screws, nails come back : ANSWER
23-across – Audition, as does satellite station, for example? : SCREENTEST
24-across – A taste of yellow in every red and white : WINE
25-across – Best clothes primarily ruined — pink : PRICK
26-across – Battered nuts, each scarlet? : UNCHASTE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Lost in Weimar, eh? No idea! : WHEREAMI
2-down – A mousy 10 : ASHY
3-down – Concert hasn’t been cancelled in support of international organisation : UNISON
4-down – Coach carrying gold making room for carriage? : STORAGE
5-down – Current that’s forced lower in blue rinse : DOWNWASH
6-down – Lower position defining party, a dinosaur : DIPLODOCUS
7-down – One skimming over the water for black Russian? : JETSKI
13-down – TV and press etc redistributing mail with tedium : MULTIMEDIA
16-down – Dancer, curse not quite lifted, elected to put on blue : NIJINSKY
18-down – Bird in relationship standing on head of yellowhammer all the time : ETERNITY
19-down – Using a keyboard, write your personal emails initially confiscated by solicitor : TYPEOUT
21-down – Fill old vessel in cemetery that’s empty : OCCUPY
22-down – A thankless introduction course for mug : ATTACK
24-down – Cover hand up, bandaging end of finger : WRAP
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.