This crossword No. 26259 clues and answers were published on Wed 14 May 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26259 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sun follows this year’s compulsive bed-hopper : SATYR
4-across – Break down without cover for Skoda vehicle? Correct! : DISABUSE
8-across – Listen, Picaroon needs treating like a caring person : INLOCOPARENTIS
10-across – Ballsier, free progressives : LIBERALS
11-across – Polish rejecting English entertainment : IMPROV
12-across – Two items of clothing for person in field : SHORTSTOP
15-across – Italian footballers spend cold months without women : INTER
17-across – Tennis champ’s trophy : ASHES
18-across – Nirvana’s rock, blaring, has kicking intro : SHANGRILA
19-across – Doctors put elementary wrapping around breaks : LETUPS
21-across – Pan what a drug supplier may do : STOCKPOT
24-across – Cheeky sort of paparazzo pursuing person tanning : WHIPPERSNAPPER
25-across – Carpeted with soft design over boring crimson : REPROVED
26-across – Member of religious sect can prove who he is : HASID
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Falter with asinine witticism when drunk? : SHILLYSHALLY
2-down – Half-cut, Tony Blair’s wife hides £50 where payment is due : TOLLBOOTH
3-down – Bishop holds good service, one that flies by : RACER
4-down – Strips down and regularly does gentle exercise : DEPILATES
5-down – We’re told the coast is clear : SURE
6-down – Man, lousy bum, gin’s making insensitive : BENUMBING
7-down – More self-conscious person having a fling? : SHIER
9-down – Subdued Balls and Miliband welcoming upright head of state : OVERMASTERED
13-down – Rubbish penned by cryptic setter — it should make you think : TESTPAPER
14-down – Forced to admit routine is rehearsed : PRACTISED
16-down – Dogs consuming bit of fruit — beginning to eat, they expel gas in America : TAILPIPES
20-down – It’s said tea garden borders a US lake : TAHOE
22-down – Don’t go with change, defending Latin : CLASH
23-down – Fuel very Marxist uprising : DERV
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.