This crossword No. 26086 clues and answers were published on Wed 23 Oct 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26086 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Step down first of stairs to break rule : RESIGN
4-across – Having turned back nearly half way across ocean, explorer leaves from the Americas : TOBACCO
9-across – Where glasses sit precisely : ONTHENOSE
10-across – Thread attaching fringes of lungi and shawl to back of cape : LISLE
11-across – Shroud city featuring shrouds : TURIN
12-across – Islanders on Martinique not once seizing vessel : JAMAICANS
13-across – Snack, Spooner’s filth of the filth? : POPCORN
15-across – See 27 : LIQUID
17-across – Compassion some weeks after conflict : WARMTH
19-across – Some leaves to make cha? : SPINACH
22-across – Like viruses having a rest, lying back inside maple : ACELLULAR
24-across – Tidy, maintained without muck for a start : KEMPT
26-across – See 25 : CARTA
27-across – Fairy, perhaps, raised just over half a ton of cash to support tree strangled by branch : WASHINGUP
28-across – Stop propaganda happening : PREVENT
29-across – The wrong way for TV presenters to pour wine : DECANT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Upper house covering little Australian paperwork : ROOFTOP
2-down – Dog or worm is up an instrument : SITAR
3-down – No thanks to Garbo, Monroe wandering in space backstage : GREENROOM
4-down – Current king in approach to palace, scratching bottom : THERMAL
5-down – Curry from Lithuania? Not quite! : BALTI
6-down – Nation supporting lead player in Chad every so often : COSTARICA
7-down – Port, after lid removed, passed round the wrong way : ODESSA
8-down – Thug eating up junket for starters — it’s coated in breadcrumbs : GOUJON
14-down – Earth, say, on English sycamore : PLANETREE
16-down – Setter with water living on fruit : QUICKLIME
18-down – Fool Oscar but not Wilde? : HALFWIT
19-down – Most painful? Then put your feet up : SOREST
20-down – Somewhere dangerous, exciting to see : HOTSPOT
21-down – Rash appearing as potty put on head : MADCAP
23-down – Contract required while in shelter : LEASE
25-down – Old document, Reform Act : MAGNA
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.