This crossword No. 26895 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 May 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26895 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Soldier, following wayward line, cracks single car part : OILENGINE
10-across – Unabashedly pink party top : OUTDO
11-across – Day’s getting long in desert : DITCH
12-across – Arctic bird from large country, circling one dry meadow : LITTLEAUK
13-across – Mechanic about to cut fuel with hesitation : GREASER
14-across – Company backs Conservative I state is a bit of a nut : OCCIPUT
17-across – Trendy article with Low Dutch in 4’s 8 : INTHE
19-across – Place to bathe — pee in it : SPA
20-across – Champion in court has, as he’d say, nothing left : NADAL
21-across – Ominous spreading out of mould : DOOMFUL
22-across – Men on board entertaining Republican bores : PIERCES
24-across – I see fool tucking into lavish meat dish : FRICASSEE
26-across – Pedestrian to block a driver needing a coach : BANAL
28-across – Result of 4’s 8 is 4 ÷ 50 : FLOUR
29-across – Norway covered in a black ice that’s holding water : ABSORBENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 17 : MOOD
2-down – Group wearing famous red dress : CLOTHE
3-down – Single focus of drunken egotist may be here : ONTHESHELF
4-down – He crushes a number in French Resistance : MILLER
5-down – Dash of tea has to fill valley-dweller in 4’s 8 : DEATHOFA
6-down – We’re told sea bird shows a bit of a habit : COWL
7-down – Hastened to grab gin that’s flogged : STRAPPED
8-down – Play? Certainly not! : WORK
13-down – Do 4’s 8 to get good skin : GRIND
15-down – Edit barely truncates 8 with 4 : CANTERBURY
16-down – See 15 : TALES
18-down – 4’s 8, right to probe issue, can force changes : TROPICOF
19-down – See 5 : SALESMAN
22-down – Eve not very excited with slap and tickle : PLEASE
23-down – See 18 : CANCER
24-down – Pipe provided with iron casing : FIFE
25-down – A pro dropping round in Barnet : AFRO
27-down – Departed from city townspeople vacated : LATE
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.