This crossword No. 26159 clues and answers were published on Fri 17 Jan 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26159 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Flying ace meets tennis champ in town : BIGGLESWADE
9-across – Release John and Bob in a foreign setting : UNLOOSE
10-across – Huge statues: unfinished seconds, originally Italian : COLOSSI
11-across – Verbal adjective in poor undeserving pair of Poles dismissed : GERUNDIVE
12-across – Soprano’s profession, reportedly self-confessed, is killing : ICING
13-across – Small jumper? Medium? John’s the smallest : ROOM
14-across – Principal thing for a poser to say: It’s all brawn in LA : HEADCHEESE
16-across – Model beaten up in poorly lit backstreet nearest the centre : MIDDLEMOST
19-across – What upset John — possibly … : THAW
21-across – … his bottom being pinched by Richard in class? : GENRE
22-across – Part of car where electrician briefly has trailer attached : SPARKPLUG
24-across – Surprised if Iceland keeps building : EDIFICE
25-across – Perhaps reading or writing about boring, boring writer : DURRELL
26-across – Late-night entertainers mangling Gay Gordons outside church? Not unknown! : GOGODANCERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Strictly does it for Rambo — LOL! : BALLROOMDANCING
2-down – Filled out a complaint, say : GROWN
3-down – Delete one broadcast — it’s Gone With The Wind, currently : LEETIDE
4-down – Follow first of delinquents before stuttering copper’s turned up : SUCCEED
5-down – Holding hands — get off, OK? : ALLRIGHT
6-down – One that wrote of Irish rights, including related English issue : ERSKINECHILDERS
7-down – One that hits on the cuddly type in secret : HUGGER
8-down – Hippy movement using horses, reportedly, in Western Isles and Wales : WIGGLE
15-down – Short-lived navy beheaded John, perhaps : FLEETING
16-down – See 7 : MUGGER
17-down – Fool is at first taken in by damsel in distress : MISLEAD
18-down – Wrong about function taken by daughter substitute : STANDIN
20-down – See 8 : WAGGLE
23-down – King lying in state? That is for Requiem Mass, partly : KYRIE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.