This crossword No. 24879 clues and answers were published on Thu 10 Dec 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 24879 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – It’s said to push between opposites : SPOKEN
5-across – Great guy with guns at hand : GATSBY
8-across – Container containing pupil Tories at the Ritz? : CARLTON
9-across – Lawman and schoolman coming good about fake : GRESHAM
11-across – Dressed, with mother around at little places like 19 : MAINLINETERMINI
12-across – Hazard to sailors taken in when it’s blowy : REEF
13-across – Strikers going round pit take a dip : PICKPOCKET
17-across – See 26 : MOTORCYCLE
18-across – A negative available presently : ANON
20-across – Fountain tee shot smashed, in the President’s words : STATEOFTHEUNION
23-across – A fool in face of modern technology? : DIGITAL
24-across – Mystic symbol including the Ukrainian : RUTHENE
25-across – Almost every method is for good : ALWAYS
26-across – Harem without a doubt : ZENAND
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Forward in 10, diverted to the point : PERTINENT
3-down – Drum makes the English rebel against the French : KETTLE
4-down – 90-ton structure that doesn’t exist? : NONENTITY
5-down – Soldier obtained leg of mutton : GIGOT
6-down – See 26 : THEARTOF
7-down – One old Jewish king backed more modern faith : BAHAI
8-down – Exposed to disrepute for having made mutual concessions : COMPROMISED
10-down – See 26 : MAINTENANCE
14-down – King attacked Hitler with love at last and some frequency : KILOHERTZ
15-down – Know big cat’s name to be St Mungo : KENTIGERN
16-down – Generate new drink : GREENTEA
19-down – American in school in London : EUSTON
21-down – Report of what happened to Lucifer, the biggest in the world : ANGEL
22-down – See 21 : FALLS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.