This crossword No. 26122 clues and answers were published on Wed 04 Dec 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26122 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A sailor lacking refinement said to get some military training : ASSAULTCOURSE
10-across – Wanderer repeatedly without home : ITINERANT
11-across – Over time does, for example, hold back : DETER
12-across – Contrasts seen in fine art works : FOILS
13-across – Silly dons spar about nothing — they’re used to cut and thrust : SPADROONS
14-across – Frightened a learner with a gun, say : ALARMED
16-across – Some split hairs to modernise this Asian language : SIAMESE
18-across – In which, people gamble and endlessly cash in? Not so : CASINOS
20-across – Leads astray spies holding foreign nobleman : SEDUCES
21-across – Thereby extracted from clips of actors : IPSOFACTO
23-across – Article from Spanish city that was historically used in fighting : BILBO
24-across – Fencers use them to ensure most of enclosure gets put back : EPEES
25-across – Fruit tree in a French garden area not explored in depth : UNPLUMBED
26-across – Cares about large and diverse brood — they are biologically related : BLOODBROTHERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – They’re used by Turks fighting racism — it’s wrong : SCIMITARS
3-down – Mostly hostile states : AVERS
4-down – Had close relationships with ladies I mistreated : LIAISED
5-down – Naval cutter in dock joined by young woman : CUTLASS
6-down – Deceptive and unorthodox kind of service : UNDERHAND
7-down – Fight in nocturnal creature’s home over nothing : SETTO
8-down – Without a vote, is candid and fresh, unusually so : DISFRANCHISED
9-down – Disputed editors cutting things like this, occurring four times here : CROSSEDSWORDS
15-down – Statement of policy, if not same, must be changed : MANIFESTO
17-down – Legendary brand’s former quality, as proclaimed? : EXCALIBUR
19-down – Yield small volume you aim, ultimately, to store in reserve : SUCCUMB
20-down – As sign, dangerous creature rendered harmless? : SCORPIO
22-down – Fish under stone, kind of blue or grey : STEEL
23-down – Almost swallowed part of apple or pear, say : BOUGH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.