This crossword No. 29012 clues and answers were published on Wed 08 Mar 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29012 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – He is placed second in this : PERIODICTABLE
10-across – Dark colour of 11, apart from the tips : OLDGOLD
11-across – Eton’s head expected to cover up whip in school : EDUCATE
12-across – One form of carbon, slangily, is unstable : ROCKS
13-across – Reminders of duels, including my boastful claim and swords : SCIMITARS
14-across – Second kind of soldier, good and smart : STING
16-across – Mix our two tins to provide nourishment : NUTRITION
18-across – eg restyle, after conversion, in bluish colour : STEELGREY
19-across – Encountered 6 as an example of this : METAL
20-across – Adjusts minimal amounts of elements, including uranium in small quantities : ACCUSTOMS
23-across – Words like iron and lead, perhaps, but not cobalt and tungsten : VERBS
24-across – Famous metalworker and I put in small room with nickel : CELLINI
25-across – Prepare to try gas : ARRAIGN
26-across – See 1 : OFTHEELEMENTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Kind of system operating in body, giving directions on timeless principle : ENDOCRINE
3-down – Clubs in which performers of awful acts may be clapped : IRONS
4-down – Clothed English or American guys : DUDES
5-down – Shortened dress leading to attempt to create instinctive amorous interaction : CHEMISTRY
6-down – Product of mine, light and strong — the second one’s superfluous for Americans : ALUMINIUM
7-down – Something that protects quick ascending climber : LIANA
8-down – Opposite of belligerence characteristic of copper? : NONRESISTANCE
9-down – Making unique version of spiral neon sign, omitting one name : PERSONALISING
15-down – Irish author or 24, for example : GOLDSMITH
16-down – Affect with drug, producing odd reaction laced with sulphur : NARCOTISE
17-down – At home abstaining, having drunk cider inside bar : INTERDICT
21-down – Religious leader symbolically lists three elements and start of another : CALIF
22-down – Prepare drink for 007, something fermented with hydrogen in it : SHAKE
23-down – Part of silver necklace for French author : VERNE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.