This crossword No. 26689 clues and answers were published on Tue 29 Sep 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26689 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Animal found by watering hole caught in tangled 2 net : ELEPHANT
6-across – It provides only limited cover for what a driver needs : SPEEDO
9-across – Players found in gainful employment following 1 : CASTLE
10-across – Sweet old relative involved in facing frantic race against time : FRAGRANT
11-across – Suffice to see very small amounts in range : DOLOMITES
13-across – Speech containing nothing sounding like regret for following 1 : SHREW
15-across – A single representative Yorkshire river to be polluted : IMPURE
17-across – Contradicted the falsehood implicated in plot : BELIED
18-across – Mistakes discovered by 21 in time : ERRATA
19-across – Criminal is left alone : ITSELF
21-across – German writer sadly no longer following 1 : GRASS
22-across – Special treatment for setter perhaps, prior to reprimand : REDCARPET
25-across – Out only when facing the bowling : ONSTRIKE
26-across – Reptile in empty state swallowing a whole game bird : IGUANA
28-across – Eccentric journalist went to extremes to cover up : WHACKO
29-across – Said to be averse to GBS abroad : OFFSHORE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – It runs schools, so the yarn goes : LEA
3-down – It typically hangs onto its West African branches to put by accumulated cash : POTTO
4-down – A tame role I resolve to improve : AMELIORATE
5-down – He is distinctly superior — heads off everyone else from Everton? : TOFFEE
6-down – Finally heads are gonna roll following 1 : SEAL
7-down – No shock having this world’s eventual finish on track : EARTHWIRE
8-down – English author has deadline subverted by deadly rival : DANIELDEFOE
12-down – Berlin havoc got round with offer of reconciliation : OLIVEBRANCH
14-down – Facelift very hard to engineer for tortured romantic hero : HEATHCLIFF
16-down – Exploiting equal like one totally left in charge : PARASITIC
20-down – Straight used car improperly disposed of from converted terraced house : HETERO
23-down – Crude first remark to finish with an exclamation of disgust : ROUGH
24-down – Left at the altar saying, in Venice: … : LIDO
27-down – … And not an abnormal occurrence! : NOR
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.