This crossword No. 26869 clues and answers were published on Wed 27 Apr 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26869 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Moab as revealed by Spooner’s high-class, eh? : WASHPOT
5-across – Hangs around in dances slowly beginning to get going : MOOCHES
9-across – When St David is celebrated by group of provinces : MARITIMES
10-across – One could show minutes into game, right? : TIMER
11-across – Like some financial figures — caught editor out : NETT
12-across – So unhappy to have just missed podium, not seen as superior looking ahead : HENCEFORTH
14-across – I ___’, says educated girl, living for ever : AMRITA
15-across – Animal getting round cat writer, not old : OPOSSUM
16-across – Get killed on the run? Thankfully he didn’t! : RUSHDIE
18-across – Society managed to rebuff drugs agents : NARCOS
20-across – A miser’s apt to become perverse, not joining in : SEPARATISM
21-across – Wheeled carriage beginning to move when this is provided? : RAMP
24-across – Edict that puts our country at sea, confused : UKASE
25-across – See, when going round pits, quality of soil : LOAMINESS
26-across – Roguish ticket seller being seized in robust manner : STOUTLY
27-across – Foolish American boy, who makes you think of Wallis? : SIMPSON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Half of all adults were victorious, this person included : WOMEN
2-down – Tot eats food item sitting up in rocky bed : STRATUM
3-down – Stroke little cherub, showing no love : PUTT
4-down – According to mood, modify account having secured the last word : TEMPERAMENTALLY
5-down – What an iPod can offer is very pleasing : MUSICTOONESEARS
6-down – What badly stocked builders’ merchant may be in the yard? : OUTOFDOORS
7-down – Bit of a buzz comes with the raising of certain skeletal component : HUMERUS
8-down – Grass a problem in the mouth, might you say? : SORGHUM
13-down – Deer prints seen around — bad news for cattle? : RINDERPEST
16-down – Regrets key being jammed — gets out after trouble? : RESCUES
17-down – Carmela, perhaps, as a noted female : SOPRANO
19-down – An ogre’s destroyed due to stone-hurlers : ONAGERS
22-down – Asian city god wanting American investment : PUSAN
23-down – Determined to show concern : FIRM
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.