This crossword No. 26397 clues and answers were published on Wed 22 Oct 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26397 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Set out for a nice drink : CAFENOIR
9-across – Stockings getting runs in clothes drier : HORSE
10-across – Devil can steal : NICK
11-across – Soprano rejected term of ownership : POSSESSION
12-across – University College during religious festival is brilliant : LUCENT
14-across – Restrained friend when crossing river : MODERATE
15-across – Peacekeepers stay or come away : UNSTICK
17-across – Old jerk in time for peep show? : EROTICA
20-across – Goddess keeps a bar in dance : HABANERA
22-across – Boys eat — that is a convenience : LADIES
23-across – Cranium not broken? Hard-headed! : UNROMANTIC
24-across – Sanction tenor, one from eastern Europe : LETT
25-across – Charlie cuts and bites : CHEWS
26-across – Others smoke when having treatment : RESTCURE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cut train in error — it’s withdrawn : TACITURN
2-down – Shelter heaps of veg : LEEK
3-down – Dad’s favourite little child : POPPET
4-down – Take for granted president has to start again : PRESUME
5-down – Security device makes mum more embarrassed : SHREDDER
6-down – Disheartened when fighter aircraft with corrosion gets admired : FRUSTRATED
7-down – Others keep an alternative rendezvous : RESORT
13-down – More protection for fielder : EXTRACOVER
16-down – Clergyman having fool in church is in a deep hole : CREVASSE
18-down – Person shows cute rear when dancing : CREATURE
19-down – Apprehension is likely during treatment : CAPTURE
21-down – American in car damaged plant : ARNICA
22-down – Appetite overwhelms commander that will eat everything : LOCUST
24-down – German composer short of good fortune : LUCK
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.