This crossword No. 26390 clues and answers were published on Tue 14 Oct 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26390 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Composer’s skill turns into knowledge : STRAUSS
5-across – Refuse to deal with lad’s company on Tuesdays : BOYCOTT
10-across – T-rex evolved after dinosaurs’ extinction — originally right? : DEXTER
11-across – City dweller left on the day Nero fiddled : LONDONER
12-across – Clay unearthed in Halifax : ALI
13-across – Director admits dreadful lie to court : BAILEY
14-across – Two thirds of students order wine, it’s reckoned : NUMBERED
15-across – Crank puts both hands around girl : LEVER
16-across – Perhaps waxing second leg hurt heaps : MOONPHASE
19-across – A governor bends cane at start of school suspensions : ABEYANCES
21-across – Farm rejected portion not for consumption : CROFT
24-across – Spooner’s somewhat quick marine creature : STARFISH
26-across – Lit by current, Edison half designed bulbs : ONIONS
27-across – Early typeface lacks breadth : OLD
28-across – Train to eat and eat, say : CHOOCHOO
29-across – Feeds pets right away : STOKES
30-across – In afterthought, no teacher backs places for detention : PRISONS
31-across – Batting, then caught! Cook seen to drive up the wall : INCENSE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Supporter, eg one retired after N Young : TEENAGE
3-down – They’re literally fired explosively off field : ARTILLERY
4-down – Soprano begs for flower arrangements : SPRAYS
6-down – Tenor surprised to receive war decoration : ORNAMENT
7-down – Near the end, about to be defeated : CLOSE
8-down – Hesitates to give direction to street party : TEETERS
9-down – Go off and fish? : SLINGONESHOOK
17-down – Basil, say, one against hotel regularly taking recipe for salad eater? : HERBIVORE
18-down – One Direction not hip playing church music : ANTIPHON
20-down – Sonny was an angel, _____’s a killer : BUTCHER
22-down – Touches skirts, one hand moving lower : FINGERS
23-down – American thug pinches Nintendo console for child : GODSON
25-down – Fundamental notes, like 4 and 8 of 64? : ROOTS
This crossword has in total 31 where 18 are across and 13 are down.