This crossword No. 26984 clues and answers were published on Thu 08 Sep 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26984 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Not what a good retriever would suffer from? : AMNESIA
5-across – Slash well-built American : SOLIDUS
9-across – Legs before energy gets to run out : LAPSE
10-across – Angstrom bewitched women ultimately, pick-ups being his forte : STRONGMAN
11-across – Ignorant of one French old coin with English date : UNEDUCATED
12-across – Bob’s legs turned over : SNIP
14-across – Prompt idea for processing Maine silk : AIDEMEMOIRE
18-across – Cool river by college, where memorable items are preserved : HIPPOCAMPUS
21-across – See 6 : TERM
22-across – Cain converted by a religious person? Wrong : INACCURATE
25-across – A mere man’s elected — that’s unpardonable! : MORTALSIN
26-across – Car provided with ring of sound : AUDIO
27-across – Paving works at last : COBBLES
28-across – Indulge in too much sex, as printers might do? : OVERLAY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Lithium put in a double sulphate to make garlic, say : ALLIUM
2-down – Relative bearing that’s a relief : NEPHEW
3-down – Risky market trader, ponderous type : SPECULATOR
4-down – Prophet’s wife, one splitting tree with axe’s leading edge : AISHA
5-down – Merest tap-dancing might get you round Nancy, say : STREETMAP
6-down – Enduring, so it seems to jaded scholars : LONG
7-down – A failing of powers of matinee idol’s second cast? : DEMENTIA
8-down – Cy soundly sleeps with drugs, forming mental connections : SYNAPSES
13-down – Unsex poor Mae with loveless kiss : EMASCULATE
15-down – Possibly delivered by a GP doing as is ordered : DIAGNOSIS
16-down – Regular myth set in rich ground : RHYTHMIC
17-down – Eve’s material contribution to Chinese dish? : SPARERIB
19-down – Footwear’s the making of Sal : SANDAL
20-down – Computer feature more suitably stuck in well! : MEMORY
23-down – Accommodation swindle presented in two ways : CONDO
24-down – Keen women are sick : WAIL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.