This crossword No. 26991 clues and answers were published on Fri 16 Sep 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26991 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Kill a source of minerals : QUARRY
4-across – Pie cases hot, bearing foil : THWART
9-across – See 16 : MINE
10-across – Number of people misspelling me in a concoction of spelling? : POPULATION
11-across – A trowel initially breaking bricks smoothly : LEGATO
12-across – Valley where short holiday taken in prison : CLEAVAGE
13-across – One after something yellow primarily in flower, a shrub : FORSYTHIA
15-across – See 26 : TROT
16-across – Ocean ¾ mile out — this could be deep : COAL
17-across – English assimilated by Welshman a month back, disappeared : EVANESCED
21-across – Tainted bonnet removed from VW in copper and crimson : COLOURED
22-across – Lower in tone, the remarks : NETHER
24-across – Wasted in pub bar, beaten boxer’s packed it in? : BUBBLEWRAP
25-across – Grand pocketed by jazz band member, returning for the holiday season : XMAS
26-across – Dance with comrade beyond a disaster? : TURKEY
27-across – New energy has died after artist leaves the planet : UNUSED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Spanish cheese contains it — exactly! : QUITESO
2-down – Scene of conflict encapsulated by Hurricane rapidly taking off : ARENA
3-down – Understanding the blame, one side in the main : RAPPORT
5-down – See 23 : HOLDEM
6-down – Strain IV struggles to contain universal tablet software : ANTIVIRUS
7-down – Consideration still important, ultimately : THOUGHT
8-down – Alien advances ripe, start to shoot — in this? : SPACEINVADERS
14-down – Pirate, attention-grabbing moaner! : SEAROBBER
16-down – Little taste of cheddar cheese, not for game : CROQUET
18-down – 28.2743 approximately, number that’s to be knocked down : NINEPIN
19-down – Stone building remade with last of steel : EMERALD
20-down – Piece of cake in a block? : BREEZE
23-down – Some lad with the cunning to bank unspecified amount in poker : TEXAS
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.