This crossword No. 26607 clues and answers were published on Thu 25 Jun 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26607 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Witnessed crash but is away in London : WESTEND
5-across – Frenetically busy place engaged in philanthropy not very well : ANTHILL
9-across – Abandon meagre growth : SCRUB
10-across – Appealed for a dry run before took part in play : ATTRACTED
11-across – Ring — why text — to state musical works were complete disasters : BELLYFLOPS
12-across – 14 cut fails to have terminal effect : DIET
14-across – Part of government redeploys legal ruse to have it included : LEGISLATURE
18-across – Spread of some odd or idle chatter management committee heard about : SMORGASBORD
21-across – Side to progress forward gradually : EDGE
22-across – 14 to bring up receiving letters from the right : PARLIAMENT
25-across – Undesirable development with us needing to leave the queue : BREADLINE
26-across – This is not on note with thank-you letter : THETA
27-across – Conclusions of study group put into storage in the end — much later than 26 : YPSILON
28-across – He despatches word game : HANGMAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Japanese root cut up has quite a bit of a bite : WASABI
2-down – Keen for mum to run off : SHRILL
3-down – Biological science redefined by germy loo : EMBRYOLOGY
4-down – Long speech is an attraction at the end of school : DRAWL
5-down – Opposed to previous ball being a first service : ANTIPASTO
6-down – Pitfall for member when rising : TRAP
7-down – Scheme for mountaineering trip is one-man short : INTRIGUE
8-down – Lively young women like coffees of French importation : LADETTES
13-down – Bird is sleep inducer, having right initial intonation : SANDMARTIN
15-down – Middle-aged position on time taken for growth : GESTATION
16-down – 14 fabrication : ASSEMBLY
17-down – 14 deception starts getting rumbled ever so slightly : CONGRESS
19-down – Pay off for busted dam returning to half of them : REDEEM
20-down – Have difficulty in expressing The Sound of Music : STRAIN
23-down – Shelter child from hanger-on : LEECH
24-down – Kind soul regularly the subject of much love : IDOL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.