This crossword No. 26498 clues and answers were published on Wed 18 Feb 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26498 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Kingdom acquired by matricide? : DOMAIN
5-across – Hard natured? I could be improved : INDURATE
9-across – As said of old, did raven and dove dance and turn crimson? : DEVOURED
10-across – One sings in cage, cautious, giving out initial warning : CANARY
11-across – See 22 : TWOBIRDSWITH
13-across – See 22 : TONE
14-across – Confident about homework? That’s easy! : SINECURE
17-across – Number 1 Queen disc Flash — it’s first given a spin on AM : FORENOON
18-across – Headless chickens? Proverbially, the opposite : OWLS
20-across – Scrambled eggs endorsed and used in an emergency by the army : GREENGODDESS
23-across – Copy section about redstart and duck : PARROT
24-across – Samba man from Brazil broadcast in flight : AIRTOAIR
25-across – Figures out the end in acts : STATUTES
26-across – Ultimately, one learns not to be horrid : LASTLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – See 22 : ONES
3-down – Boatman thus greets one; going on theory, he waves : AHOYTHERE
4-down – Fine pintail carried by pointer : NARROW
5-down – With it, lark perhaps rises over shore; poet likewise begins singing, but not all at once : INDRIBSANDDRABS
6-down – A number of years before part of the Bible becomes corrupt : DECADENT
7-down – Revive wren horribly pecked by eagle’s beak : RENEW
8-down – Capsize, following report of one seen flying, a sea creature : TURNTURTLE
12-down – Beneath cuckoo’s wings : COLOURFAST
15-down – Spooner to control birds with old weapons : CROSSBOWS
16-down – You may not imitate a bird : FORGETIT
19-down – Picked up fuel, one seen in flight overseas : PETREL
21-down – One wades in with a bill, say? About time : EGRET
22-down – Use a crafty throw — and, lo, siskin and tit now bleed : KILL
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.