This crossword No. 26940 clues and answers were published on Tue 19 Jul 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26940 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Only a couple of bookies gamble — may this have restricted the figure? : BODICE
4-across – Dirty look from cow at end of milking? : GLOWER
9-across – Relaxing interval, but not for the cast? : PLAY
10-across – Operational legacy: a connection problem : SCARTISSUE
11-across – Pancake with cordial shunned by sailor : WAFFLE
12-across – A winter resort, first centre for ski jumpers? : KNITWEAR
13-across – See 2 : RECKONING
15-across – See 9 : TIME
16-across – Kept together, getting on after rugby players : PACK
17-across – Board/boards that Bill needs for passage : COMMITTEE
21-across – Makes stricter rule — is poultry farmer coming round? : HARSHENS
22-across – Girl’s stay cut by a couple of seconds : LASSIE
24-across – Void in which valiant die horribly : INVALIDATE
25-across – See 16 : AGED
26-across – Upset wild plant : RATTLE
27-across – Sweep interior of next outdoor shelter : EXTENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Verse form everyone’s instructed about : BALLADE
2-down – Agony for Dickens, almost broke when ultimate account’s due : DAYOF
3-down – Whence water’s drawn back, south of Sark etc : CISTERN
5-down – Elevated trail taken regularly through country : LATVIA
6-down – Privileged American talking rubbish in exaggerated style : WASPWAIST
7-down – Posh youngster tucking into eggs and roll : ROULADE
8-down – Devious work plans, as in this person’s observations : PARKINSONSLAW
14-down – Comes off acid to achieve renewal : KICKSTART
16-down – Designer transport blocked by new resistance : PLANNER
18-down – Place cross beside first motorway locations : MILIEUX
19-down – Plain setter’s got up to make an impression : EVIDENT
20-down – Easy-going daughter abandons prohibition for good : GENIAL
23-down – See 17 : STAGE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.