This crossword No. 26877 clues and answers were published on Fri 06 May 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26877 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Beat second-rate oriental political party : BELABOUR
9-across – Wimble, the fortune-teller’s announced : AUGER
10-across – Flag lifting device : JACK
11-across – Look down on rubbish program range : DISAPPROVE
12-across – Conservative type seen on the board? : SQUARE
14-across – Ground relies on dramatic location : ELSINORE
16-across – As a potential Superman convert, Yank joins new area of London : KENTISH
18-across – One married, having sex after one was expecting : AWAITED
21-across – Furtive and hot inside enclosure holding duck : STEALTHY
23-across – Put your foot down as a plantsman : HEELIN
24-across – Sell a very large quantity of paint mixed with pitted oil in glue : GOPLATINUM
26-across – Sea mist that allows instrumentalist to stop : FRET
27-across – Pay No 10, possibly : SCREW
28-across – Who aims to settle a dispute? : DUELLIST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bowls Quant designed with number one wrapping : PETANQUE
2-down – Hut, entrance gone, fell : HACK
3-down – It’s easy to act daughter led astray : DODDLE
4-down – Beastly breast flutter’s hidden danger : BRISKET
5-down – Catch on topless grate : RASP
6-down – Magnify sum of money one invested in sage manoeuvre : AGGRANDISE
7-down – It motivates split between US parties : DRIVER
13-down – Walker might precede it with impertinence in Tube : ARTGALLERY
15-down – Saying clean up, endlessly : SAW
17-down – Where to film a burrow? : SET
19-down – Pepys possibly swallowing lie about reason for getting fit : EPILEPSY
20-down – Male children’s book character heard singing in church? : HYMNODY
22-down – Philosophy causing communist to swap sides : TAOISM
23-down – Shape of a twice-married female externally : HAMMER
25-down – See 16 : TOWN
26-down – Crocodile document holder : FILE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.