This crossword No. 26318 clues and answers were published on Tue 22 Jul 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26318 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Flier shot firearm, blind : RIFLEMANBIRD
8-across – Not wholly uncorked wine, perhaps, is unusually like hard work : OPEROSE
9-across – Increase length of time : STRETCH
11-across – Arundel crumbling into Wash? : LAUNDER
12-across – Dinner, maybe, with no starter, involving bird with no end : ETERNAL
13-across – Come to pan Spain and Norway : WOKEN
14-across – Musicians’ dosh reportedly censored : BRASSBAND
16-across – Alarming disclosure of beauty : BOMBSHELL
19-across – Submission to no-good people of social standing : ENTRY
21-across – Craftsperson’s fruit keeps men right : LORIMER
23-across – Returned, say, to die, say, in Hell : GEHENNA
24-across – Right to agitate about type of cup : STIRRUP
25-across – Interval with money invested in annuity scheme : TONTINE
26-across – Medical expert to sprout in wet season? On the contrary : BRAINSURGEON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Animal turning king to solid gold : ROEBUCK
2-down – Little person brought up to adopt peculiar name — Battle? : FLODDEN
3-down – Loathsome river water-dweller gets article in Paris Match : EXECRABLE
4-down – Beer is consumed in passageway : AISLE
5-down – Former magistrate drives into empty bus : BURGESS
6-down – Barrel in middle of road smashed into building : ROTUNDA
7-down – LA district : COLLYWOBBLES
10-down – Random swipe catches smelly tourist : HOLIDAYMAKER
15-down – Snapper of everyone on list soldier’s drawn up : ALLIGATOR
17-down – Like the more when more inebriated? : MERRIER
18-down – Fighters concocting a tiramisu? Forget it! : SAMURAI
19-down – Improve space beside Chinese church : ENHANCE
20-down – Fraught atmosphere generated by headless 25s : TENSION
22-down – What experts know — their onions? : ROPES
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.