This crossword No. 26988 clues and answers were published on Tue 13 Sep 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26988 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Result of Republican fighters entering race? That’d be telling : NARRATION
10-across – Healthy dessert — small piece of pineapple per person : PEACH
11-across – Whopping six-footer in US army? : GIANT
12-across – Bar snack 14 had? : CHOCOLATE
13-across – Nervous model heading off wearing jersey inside out : JITTERY
14-across – Chump or pork pie served after fish : CHARLIE
17-across – See 24 : MRFOX
19-across – Software for visual effects, unpleasant type : CAD
20-across – Wavy line marking flow of water across lake : TILDE
21-across – Tipping back over edge, cat comes a cropper : SLIPSUP
22-across – Apparently unknown constituent works : FACTORY
24-across – Mobile traffic man’s to cross 26 27’s hero : FANTASTIC
26-across – One line written during course had repelled another 29 : ROALD
28-across – Shilling put back in old accounts : TALES
29-across – Weapon maker hasn’t succeeded, another having mightier armoury : WORDSMITH
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Hitch end of chain in sink : SNAG
2-down – Tub-thumper’s cycling, always on the move : ERRANT
3-down – British PM briefly abolishes bills : BATTLEAXES
4-down – Uncharitable characterisation of a female setter? : BITCHY
5-down – Insisted on backing church to stop closure : ENFORCED
6-down – Workmate’s potty, bouncing up and down : OPPO
7-down – Like to jump up without slowing down : PARALLEL
8-down – Saying scat!, you put your foot in it : SHOE
13-down – 26 27’s protagonist fixes housing shortage, ultimately : JAMES
15-down – Supremely evil influence in Chartist reforms : ANTICHRIST
16-down – Plaint on ousting enemy’s mounted men : ELEGY
18-down – Genial father casually welcoming in Parisian : FRIENDLY
19-down – Better public school’s secured with foreign capital : CAPETOWN
22-down – Fluorine scare created problems : FACERS
23-down – Middle Easterners like wives out of bounds : OMANIS
24-down – Outdoor celebration in Tenerife terminated : FETE
25-down – Too large to fit into a small circle : ALSO
27-down – See 26 : DAHL
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.