This crossword No. 26961 clues and answers were published on Fri 12 Aug 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26961 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – So this occasional error in fact indicts hacks? : CORRECTIONSAND
9-across – One’s ready, but not with paper alight, please : ALLCHANGE
10-across – The laymen are Nick and Mark : NOTCH
11-across – I’ll get cut treated, the source of some stress : ICTUS
12-across – Des leaves car parked behind Green Mile traffic — on line! : ECOMMERCE
13-across – Pelicans distributed irregularly? : INPLACES
14-across – Milligan read him the first half of a good book somewhere in Lancashire : ECCLES
17-across – A poor end to performance after classy Here Comes the Sun? : AUBADE
19-across – With craft I can steer 225º through opening : COXSWAIN
22-across – Great Asian captain’s claim to being eighth in line and not third : IMRANKHAN
24-across – King George admitted to past problems : AGGRO
25-across – Aware of new leading dress material : NINON
26-across – Eccentric vicar receiving hair transplant makes a hell of a noise : CHARIVARI
27-across – Very long word and polite address to man : SESQUIPEDALIAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 1 across : CLARIFICATIONS
2-down – Desk register taken no further than Ozzie? : ROLLTOP
3-down – Cross head cooks with buns for first mate : EXHUSBAND
4-down – Core of hard task set before a meddlesome type : TINKERER
5-down – State surrendered, not being ironclad : OREGON
6-down – Dune dweller missing craft in painful practices : SANDM
7-down – A left turn with a rambling virgin : NATURAL
8-down – Adroitly moisten with oil at the time massaging gets under way! : WHEELSINMOTION
15-down – Country area acrostic’s constructed about : COSTARICA
16-down – Body weight up and ego shattered! : POUNDAGE
18-down – A noblewoman’s unexceptional, if new, descendant : BARONNE
20-down – Freak ringing Mercury up in capital : AFGHANI
21-down – Pretentious indications of Platonic love? : CHICHI
23-down – Abridged journal’s urge is suppressed in squandering 9! : NANDQ
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.