This crossword No. 26141 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 Dec 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26141 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Press employee to have a half of real ale : REPORTER
9-across – Striking achievement of American flier returning to base : HOMER
10-across – Gallery in New York, for example, unopened : TATE
11-across – Constitution’s supporter supplied ruler with an agenda, for example : FEDERALIST
12-across – Seeker of proof getting nothing in maths wrong : THOMAS
14-across – Part of chore very onerous for people, without exception : EVERYONE
15-across – Wordsmiths assembled work, in theory, so oddly : WRITERS
17-across – One with shattered nerves? Just the opposite : INVERSE
20-across – Endures being torpedoed by a submarine : UNDERSEA
22-across – Proposal to bring it back in satellite : MOTION
23-across – State capital : WASHINGTON
24-across – Quest, the conclusions of which you can reject : HUNT
25-across – British vessels in Scottish waters : BURNS
26-across – Note added to novel Thoreau wrote : AUTHORED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Rhetorical device encountered once before in speech : METAPHOR
2-down – Religious leader as father figure, ultimately : POPE
3-down – Lots of teachers in part of England cut : STAFFS
4-down – Links good, when embraced by some forming unions : BRIDGES
5-down – Strange rite in earlier time a number regarded as ominous : THIRTEEN
6-down – Part of problem — ploy men typically use : EMPLOYMENT
7-down – Parties regularly selected, happening in place with bars : PRISON
13-down – Steep mountain presenting dire threat in early part of day : MATTERHORN
16-down – Lack of care skin problem on head required : RASHNESS
18-down – Hoaxed over name, given stuff to swallow uncritically : SPOONFED
19-down – False alarm — it is related to war : MARTIAL
21-down – Hearing organ bishop in US city installed in neighbourhood : NEARBY
22-down – Record time : MINUTE
24-down – Outlaw or gangster? It depends on the initial case : HOOD
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.