This crossword No. 26417 clues and answers were published on Fri 14 Nov 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26417 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Contentious issue with which to juggle? : HOTPOTATO
10-across – Director has dismissed head of school : ARROW
11-across – Good to join the dots, then picture finally showing European city : COLOGNE
12-across – Old sultan unfortunately recalled racket : SALADIN
13-across – Why might the earth have moved, when soft testicle on cat stimulated? : PLATE
14-across – Pink boxes opening, showing material : CORPOREAL
16-across – Pet silencer working fast — that should keep the little pests away : INSECTREPELLENT
19-across – See 13 : TECTONICS
21-across – Military vehicles go fast, stopping abruptly reversing past bird, say? : JEEPS
22-across – Cheerful as a golfer? : CHIPPER
23-across – Wrong skill shown by a backing singer : SINATRA
24-across – See 18 : FENCE
25-across – Bring about fifty in to Asia, cute bats : ACTUALISE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Reported European drug smuggling in Charlie, for instance? : CHECKPOINT
2-down – Nail in strips put up in English city : STALBANS
3-down – Try to look, as a searcher : GOOGLE
4-down – See 8 : LAKE
5-down – Business partners, a hundred strip off for the recruits : CONSCRIPTS
6-down – Bird sees sign beginning to wobble in terrible gale : EAGLEOWL
7-down – Connection in which hands held? : BRIDGE
8-down – White to satisfy clothes for Covent Garden favourite : SWAN
14-down – Queen wearing bra, I suspect, among endless goods one’s handled in a shop : CARRIERBAG
15-down – Hedonist, after crossing river, gathering thoughts, initially : LOTUSEATER
17-down – Someone in the casino, one upset about nothing, winning : CROUPIER
18-down – A criminal charged? That’s shocking! : ELECTRIC
20-down – Customer from the East invested in the same on wood? : CLIENT
21-down – The capital of a US state? Have you any idea, roughly speaking? : JUNEAU
22-down – Strike off this, it’s unplanned : CUFF
23-down – Written in visa, temporary stuff : SATE
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.