This crossword No. 26306 clues and answers were published on Tue 08 Jul 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26306 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Hospital gets distinction and with time gets reverence : HOMAGE
4-across – Programs for waste regeneration : SOFTWARE
9-across – Show sense : SIGHT
10-across – Clergyman promises to be acting for another : VICARIOUS
11-across – Spoil menu stupidly and thoughtlessly : ONIMPULSE
12-across – Burn running through housing estate : SINGE
13-across – I had been taken in by hint of browbeating : INTIMIDATION
17-across – Choose to enter beach’s basin — it’s well kept : SPICKANDSPAN
20-across – Woman shelters a dead duck : EVADE
21-across – Begin to speak about independent spirit : ORIGINATE
23-across – Collecting corps’ soldiers during battle : ACCRETION
24-across – Teacher losing maiden’s flower : ASTER
25-across – Making impervious tiles after initial postponement : PROOFING
26-across – Sibyl and Edward become angry : SEERED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Goulash so rich it is celebrated : HISTORIC
2-down – Artist’s friend retains determination : MAGRITTE
3-down – Clothes stand : GETUP
5-down – Arrangement for that crooner is dreadful : ORCHESTRATION
6-down – Writhe on crumbling doorstep : THRESHOLD
7-down – Full value of a horse : AMOUNT
8-down – Followed girl, within reason : ENSUED
10-down – Star US student, prudish when gulping beer down : VALEDICTORIAN
14-down – Plan by the French page for a national emblem : MAPLELEAF
15-down – Shower drops on small dish : SPLATTER
16-down – Finished receiving attention and charmed : ENDEARED
18-down – Edward caught tucking into dripping in desert : DECAMP
19-down – Oscar supports largely tactless cowboy : GAUCHO
22-down – Raider losing copper is angry : IRATE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.