This crossword No. 25968 clues and answers were published on Fri 07 Jun 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25968 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Part of the UK restricted by offensive discipline : PUNISH
4-across – Farm animal in support bandage looking bad-tempered : SCOWLING
9-across – Some Californian wine? It’s seen over time as rubbish : LITTER
10-across – Plant that’s alien to be sure : TUBEROSE
11-across – Pre-eminent Heather, the woman featured in tribute after game : RULINGTHEROAST
13-across – Horses shock ducks — aggressive group going in? : APPALOOSAS
14-across – Instrument not a provider of accurate information, we hear : LYRE
16-across – Struggle with material in short supply : TOIL
18-across – Breaker of promise, thrice ultimately : SIMONPETER
21-across – Pasquale, inside working, using long obscure words : SESQUIPEDALIAN
23-across – Farmers managed half-hearted thanks : RANCHERS
24-across – One running up to man in helmet or hat? : BOWLER
25-across – Painter has knocked back drink, belonging to a celebrated group : MURALIST
26-across – Harmony’s last thing on the shop floor : STOREY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Register one of those in the aviary? : POLL
2-down – Call at table, suggesting preference for sirloin or T-bone? : NOTRUMP
3-down – Treats mostly set up in glasses : SPECIALS
5-down – Made a loss and had to take one’s medicine? : CAUGHTACOLD
6-down – The man on river in dry boat : WHERRY
7-down – Is little woman full of love good for sexual union? : ISOGAMY
8-down – Spooner’s Sunday clothes? Not what would normally be seen in the pub : GUESTBEER
12-down – Pastor doing wrong is far from completely OK : GOODINPARTS
13-down – Something to treat disease? It’s carried up by a nurse, frenzied maiden : ANTISERUM
15-down – Talk about bad flood! : SPILLOUT
17-down – A sinner being troubled, more unstable : INSANER
19-down – Only clips a vehicle : TRAILER
20-down – Exhausted, only 10% there at the end in capacity : BUSHEL
22-down – Victim of attack to ask for divine help, audibly : PREY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.