This crossword No. 26731 clues and answers were published on Tue 17 Nov 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26731 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Angers night worker, giving precedence to a new pensioner, perhaps : ANNUITANT
10-across – Literary 1 : ORLEY
11-across – Signalled road leads to the sea : MIMED
12-across – Hopelessly in debt, lad’s not prepared meeting : BLINDDATE
13-across – Note opening to be out of debt : SOLVENT
14-across – 6 here, but only one in the shops : STORIES
17-across – Hiss as last two abandon country : ALGER
19-across – See 4 : RUN
20-across – See 25 : TIGER
21-across – 2 keeps back part of circuit, as judge would assume : PERIWIG
22-across – See 6 : COMFORT
24-across – Law let men off, showing goodwill : WELLMEANT
26-across – Don’t stop horse going round 1 port : LEITH
28-across – Fast, or half slow : LENTO
29-across – Emptying of rookery proves extraordinarily unfortunate : OVERSPILL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 2 : FARM
2-down – Blair’s fabulous place in the country? : ANIMAL
3-down – Lib Dem row breaks out over duke — not taxing very much : MIDDLEBROW
4-down – Book 2 series : RABBIT
5-down – Rowan Williams finally working to support one likely to hang from tree, executed : ATKINSON
6-down – Poor relief with 1 book : COLD
7-down – Getting permission for bank job : CLEARING
8-down – Puff, taking extremely heavy exercise : HYPE
13-down – Paddled over soft morass : SWAMP
15-down – Make the best of one African country in tight spot over energy : OPTIMALISE
16-down – Fish larvae around river, mackerel bait? : SPRAT
18-down – Dress, underclothes half missing? That’s making nonsense : GARBLING
19-down – Make fun of sacred text over the end of the world : RAGNAROK
22-down – Ship’s maximum speed, say : CUTTER
23-down – Old Master is depicting god : OSIRIS
24-down – Book 2 dining room : WOLF
25-down – Low note with 2 book : MOON
27-down – See 24 : HALL
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.