This crossword No. 26345 clues and answers were published on Fri 22 Aug 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26345 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
4-across – Brown wading bird one missed initially? There he goes! : BISTRE
6-across – Underwear that is covered with fine flowers : FRILLIES
9-across – Taking on leads for Heaton’s indie band : HIRING
10-across – Remarkable, as sheep but not goats may be : SINGULAR
11-across – A moist Nigella? : LOVEINAMIST
15-across – Remark by Wilde, perhaps, on English livestock? : EPIGRAM
17-across – Queen held by another has time for French philosopher : DIDEROT
18-across – Calumny? Snarl and ignore it : DENIGRATION
22-across – Isle’s shrouded in darkness — it’s a naval base : MURMANSK
23-across – Tomfoolery? Not for heads of Civil Service : ANTICS
24-across – Uncommon sense about our treatment for emotional disorders : NEUROSES
25-across – Bird that’s born within West Bank city : HEBRON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Carla goes round eastern sultanate : BRUNEI
2-down – Yielding ape or rigid rodent : PRAIRIEDOG
3-down – Plot to enclose land that’s spoilt : BLIGHTED
4-down – He is held up by more audacious viewer : BEHOLDER
5-down – Saint taking Viagra, prepared to wander aimlessly in Scotland : STRAVAIG
7-down – Unemployed member of comedy team : IDLE
8-down – Annoyed fly may be heard : SORE
12-down – Manage a wedding centre, one in church : ADMINISTER
13-down – Black Prince with more grey matter : BRAINIER
14-down – Is a substitute to tolerate wrongdoing? : STANDSIN
16-down – Wine to accompany beef for pilot : REDBARON
19-down – Attention-seeker with sailors in battle : ARNHEM
20-down – Artist employed in the mines : EMIN
21-down – Dutch in Germany no closer to crime : FRAU
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.