This crossword No. 26295 clues and answers were published on Wed 25 Jun 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26295 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Ran down tail? : BACKBIT
5-across – Pet in northeast town? Fashion to be avoided : DARLING
9-across – He’s a cool customer, almost ridiculously sweet : CHOCOLATEMOUSSE
10-across – Producer starts with most actors keen entering rehearsals : MAKER
11-across – Every six months or less, a term that’s flexible : SEMESTRAL
12-across – Prize exhibit women kept in store that is next to church : SHOWPIECE
14-across – Term for old German covers master race’s member : HUMAN
15-across – Embarrassed about sexes sitting next to each other, ensconced on sofa? : COMFY
16-across – Sailor getting damaged kept dry : ABSTAINED
18-across – Like burglars one’s seen outside home very briefly : UNINVITED
21-across – Dog competition in which one slips a place : TRAIL
22-across – Bad boy at school would have had to be hard to prevail against : TAKESOMEBEATING
23-across – A grubby person coming to the party? : CATERER
24-across – Quaint boy sent a message : TWEETED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Types to buzz around firm, primarily managers or suits : BECOMES
2-down – Paper produced after rags have been collected : CLOAKROOMTICKET
3-down – Book from past — I love plot concealed : BIOGRAPHY
4-down – Farm animal in street overturned vehicles : TRAMS
5-down – Male odd in female attire — is that not conjuring up a picture? : DREAMLESS
6-down – Modern miss with jumper on shares accommodation : ROOMS
7-down – Player, inert, transformed with stimulants : INSTRUMENTALIST
8-down – Girl mixing with men is a mischievous sort : GREMLIN
13-down – Material obtainable from ores — metal : ELASTOMER
14-down – Rather shattered at end of exercise — with this going up? : HEARTRATE
15-down – A cut is nasty, cut initially stinging : CAUSTIC
17-down – Action in which bear making great effort is drowned : DELUGED
19-down – Screen guest with the thing being hidden : VISOR
20-down – Left-side entry made by old-fashioned socialite with sex appeal : DEBIT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.