This crossword No. 26134 clues and answers were published on Wed 18 Dec 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26134 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Rate it in green : CELERITY
9-across – See 3 : OFSALT
10-across – Modern and successful city hotel : HITECH
11-across – Start to act strangely once seen : SCENEONE
12-across – Long live the test! : VIVA
13-across – Aunt is prim as a result of this : PURITANISM
15-across – Artist picked up according to girl : CEZANNE
16-across – Wine served in cabarets in Amsterdam : RETSINA
18-across – A toast and thunderous applause starts after Schubert composition : BRUSCHETTA
19-across – Having polished off dregs, drunk daughter’s in a state : UTAH
20-across – Shiny animated design : DIAMANTE
22-across – One by one, outspoken junior medical staff put in prison : INTERN
23-across – course : SLALOM
24-across – Birds fight and have arguments : SPARROWS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – The real McCoy : DEFINITEARTICLE
2-down – All nations enlarge : GENERALASSEMBLY
3-down – Lightly seasoned : WITHAPINCH
4-down – Caesar declared this second blot on the landscape : EYESORE
5-down – Warning call from Christian, perhaps? : FORE
6-down – Most enthusiastic, like Spooner’s cheap crème anglaise : ASKEENASMUSTARD
7-down – Arms and a form of arm support make smooth replacement for 24 leaders : SLINGSANDARROWS
14-down – A jerk leading the Catholic Church? : THEVATICAN
17-down – I don’t believe articles first present in robbery : ATHEIST
21-down – See 5 : NAME
This crossword has in total 24 where 14 are across and 10 are down.