This crossword No. 26993 clues and answers were published on Mon 19 Sep 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26993 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Sailor told to go round globe, taking things in? : ABSORBENT
10-across – Start working as a film actor : ONSET
11-across – Made out in expert world of scholars : ACADEME
12-across – Attic studio ideal for this artist? : ELGRECO
13-across – Quick drink about teatime? : ALIVE
14-across – Dive for weapon used after dark : NIGHTCLUB
16-across – Well protected, gumshield and all? : ARMEDTOTHETEETH
19-across – Half an organ stop? : SEMICOLON
21-across – Fruit suggests trouble afoot : ACORN
22-across – Drifter of a coldly detached nature : ICEBERG
23-across – Confirm a wild animal has escaped : BEAROUT
24-across – One can’t imagine being without them : IDEAS
25-across – Figure offered by corporation accepting a prize novel : TRAPEZIUM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Crafts based on fundamental duplicity : CATAMARANS
2-down – Dunce’s cap is, maybe, the case for a dreamer : ESCAPISM
3-down – Fat, it is said, of the land : GREECE
4-down – We are cut down or used to be : WERE
5-down – Get NHS rent reviewed and grow stronger : STRENGTHEN
6-down – Mould bird in metal? No way! : FORGETIT
7-down – And, what is more, a real gent! : ASWELL
8-down – He races in circles : OTTO
14-down – One is distracted with northern stars, they’re very bright : NEONLIGHTS
15-down – Late, it turns in after me : BEHINDTIME
17-down – Get less iron : DECREASE
18-down – In income distribution, company is thrifty : ECONOMIC
20-down – More like those blessed with a worldly inheritance? : MEEKER
21-down – Come round to a strangely weak point : AWAKEN
22-down – I get an encore — or the bird : IBIS
23-down – Steal up around a wild beast : BOAR
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.