This crossword No. 26972 clues and answers were published on Thu 25 Aug 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26972 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Setter, perhaps, a big hit in the East End? : BOWWOW
4-across – Pound on smart card about to beat online and high street retailing : CLICKS
9-across – Sound proposal for old king : OFFA
10-across – Airborne shooter in range, until shot : TAILGUNNER
11-across – German order for a cab : HANSOM
12-across – Russian war machine’s flipping ace trifle! : GIMCRACK
13-across – Outstanding feature, beauty inspiring nothing by German author : ROMANNOSE
15-across – See 1 down : BILL
16-across – 1 down 15, humour lacking in me : CODY
17-across – Stage set in extra large retail outlet : MEGASTORE
21-across – Great pass, catcher on the turn : COLOSSAL
22-across – Stench from a red flower in washbasin : LAVABO
24-across – Skeletons in the closet try rattling chain in uproar : DIRTYLINEN
25-across – European president once of Harlech : LECH
26-across – Supporter embarrassed by tackle from behind : GIRDER
27-across – See 25 : WALESA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – US showman, one settled in upstate New York? : BUFFALO
2-down – Asking how to create starter in a stew, tell me the plan! : WHATS
3-down – Too much land for an empire? : OTTOMAN
5-down – What might make bird stick up for a vegetable? : LEGUME
6-down – Criminal charge implicating Turkish leader in country after uprising : CONARTIST
7-down – Nicest forms with right angle for design template : STENCIL
8-down – Withholding Christ’s teaching, God is upset with incantation : DISGOSPELLING
14-down – See 4 : ANDMORTAR
16-down – See 2 : COOKING
18-down – US city putting worker in reference book, shortly : ATLANTA
19-down – Novel about German tennis player recited : REBECCA
20-down – Wagnerian character may be drawing a pension before end of cycle : ISOLDE
23-down – Opener taking so long to secure victory : VALVE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.