This crossword No. 26117 clues and answers were published on Thu 28 Nov 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26117 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Plant containing plant fuel : COALGAS
5-across – Novel instrument ends in celesta : REBECCA
9-across – M. Ali’s conversion — was to this? : ISLAM
10-across – See 22 : ANDTHUMBS
11-across – All may see the point, nothing to accomplish with unknown maverick : UNORTHODOX
12-across – Some ship in port : HULL
14-across – Kinky man with ten elves in bondage : ENSLAVEMENT
18-across – See 1 down : INTERRUPTUS
21-across – Cool without water etc : NEAT
22-across – 10 usually handled carelessly : ALLFINGERS
25-across – Expert waiting for someone prostrate in the trenches of northern France? : SOMMELIER
26-across – Body’s virtual middle : TORSO
27-across – Antipodean port’s riot on the beach? : DUNEDIN
28-across – Following positive principle, I’m out of time rounding double bend, as a long-distance runner : YANGTZE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Backing release from prison, cue ugliest extremists, doubly stir crazy : COITUS
2-down – Song C, then ___ for spice? : ALLYOU
3-down – Article supporting a crossword setter in bloody competitive strategy : GAMETHEORY
4-down – Hat has shifted right up : SHAKO
5-down – Transmitter taking so long to receive mother in outskirts of Rabat : RADIOMAST
6-down – Personal problem needs time for Danish physicist : BOHR
7-down – Visitor about to enter data source : COMPUTER
8-down – Sheer muscles overcoming minstrel’s invocation? : ABSOLUTE
13-down – Twitter feeding county working for old London borough : KENSINGTON
15-down – Extra large number one wrote in Swiss town : SQUILLION
16-down – Cyrano de Bergerac was playing God with Ibsen : BIGNOSED
17-down – Flipping Vietnam War T-shirt claims no hero : STRAWMAN
19-down – Middle East city where live wire cuts all borders off : BEIRUT
20-down – See 2 : ISLOVE
23-down – Extra large number? : FORTY
24-down – See 2 : NEED
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.