This crossword No. 26522 clues and answers were published on Wed 18 Mar 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26522 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Muse as priest struggling with Job : TERPSICHORE
9-across – Opener of window used in plunder into saloon? : CROWBAR
10-across – Bereaved man gets fatter without old wife : WIDOWER
11-across – Men returning by vehicle check revealed to be most sturdy : ROBUSTEST
12-across – Tragic king losing energy gets to die slowly : LARGO
13-across – To be paid pounds for a fight : DUEL
14-across – The car to me is mysterious — this is just one instrument : TACHOMETER
16-across – Mineral lets delicate little person keep healthy : SPHALERITE
19-across – Light support : BEAM
21-across – One trapped in car in water inlet : FIORD
22-across – An academic, university lecturer at institute held in high regard : ADULATION
24-across – Effeminate English subject, terribly nice being drunk : EPICENE
25-across – More distant relation, first in reunion to be hugged : FARTHER
26-across – Disappeared, as ET had done once : GONETOEARTH
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Wounded marksman may have this process to resolve problem : TROUBLESHOOTING
2-down – Puzzle can be hell without a starting point : REBUS
3-down – Bird coming from mire swimming in salt water : SERIEMA
4-down – Plant one of the others in the coven? : COWITCH
5-down – Sheep beginning to go down, feeble — there may still be affection for such : OLDFLAME
6-down – Somehow with regret he’d had to relinquish ‘R : EDWARDTHEEIGHTH
7-down – Injured soldier finally escaping with no desire to fight? : SCARED
8-down – Enthusiasm not so easy without leader, you’d say? : ARDOUR
15-down – BBC boss spotted in adult performing club : BLUDGEON
16-down – Temper evident in little son time and again : SOFTEN
17-down – Chemical engineers needing time with conservationists : REAGENT
18-down – Sweet as source of tummy upset : TRUFFLE
20-down – Foreign character covered in horse muck : MANURE
23-down – More beautiful female sent out to provide help in laundry : AIRER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.