This crossword No. 26997 clues and answers were published on Fri 23 Sep 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26997 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Soldier, having inhaled phosphorus, is carried by retiring fighting unit : COMPANY
5-across – Oil, not iodine, inserted in wings, which are merely ornamental : FOLLIES
9-across – American’s level account : STORY
10-across – Performance object one included in jazzy intro : RENDITION
11-across – Eyeing Pisa’s movement? Never! : INAPIGSEYE
12-across – Ruler’s quiet sigh : SHAH
14-across – Entertainer who needed a get-out clause? : HARRYHOUDINI
18-across – A Simpson involved in statement to be resolved, even with this : EQUALISATION
21-across – See 28 : TODD
22-across – Ruin what you do, separating messily in NYC : INSOLVENCY
25-across – Cool things: duchess’s means of cutting a fine figure : ICESKATES
26-across – Wanderer’s audible pain, understand? : GYPSY
27-across – Enable English gardener to absorb pressure? : EMPOWER
28-across – Barber Eddy won’t see kinks : SWEENEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Immense head of state in rich setting : COSMIC
2-down – Low note money : MOOLAH
3-down – Bill takes pity, moving colleague in an unusual way : ATYPICALLY
4-down – Battle scene when belittled US leader breaks agreement : YPRES
5-down – Well, I never put Troy in Ascot wear : FANCYTHAT
6-down – Meat cut row announced by Brummie? : LOIN
7-down – Whiskey Bob’s dance : IRISHJIG
8-down – Scorer’s outburst of hedonism? : SONDHEIM
13-down – Very old insertion in fugue, too vague to be dated : OUTOFVOGUE
15-down – It echoes some features on a tortoise : RESONATOR
16-down – Street swamped with drugs in extensive area of Manhattan : WESTSIDE
17-down – Clued anagrammatically, without depth, and finished get real close : CUDDLEUP
19-down – Web before its inception was large organisation’s joke : UNSPUN
20-down – Heartless, sneaky, zany guy’s opposition of three? : SYZYGY
23-down – Haven — nothing like a militant group : OASIS
24-down – Bias of south London gardens : SKEW
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.