This crossword No. 26341 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Aug 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26341 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Burn slowly, soon beginning to turn to dust : SMOULDER
9-across – You can count on it being at the top of a column : ABACUS
10-across – They support British artists : BRAS
11-across – Fixed new date for back garden makeover : REARRANGED
12-across – Way change of date may be expressed : STATED
14-across – It’s very hard, yet maths revision is essential : AMETHYST
15-across – Arch is rough cast on the outside : ROGUISH
17-across – A way to be on a horse? Yes : ASTRIDE
20-across – Records where St Joan kept bees? : ARCHIVES
22-across – Religious book for a young lady — a student : MISSAL
23-across – Set tone with appropriate neckwear for college students : ETONCOLLAR
24-across – The idiot got left in a spot : DOLT
25-across – Orange mashed up for a wild animal : ONAGER
26-across – Making ends meet for a sailor? : SPLICING
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Lover Romeo, at Juliet’s end becomes distraught : AMORETTO
2-down – Shades of an ex-poet laureate, we hear : HUES
3-down – Loved song and dance and colour : ADORED
4-down – A jolly girl’s joining the fighting ships : ARMADAS
5-down – The beauty of justice : FAIRNESS
6-down – Arousing songs? : DAWNCHORUS
7-down – Not subjects needed at school? : RULERS
13-down – Close but brief contact : TOUCHANDGO
16-down – Enjoys embracing one’s rescuers : SAVIOURS
18-down – Closing date for journalist’s lifeless column : DEADLINE
19-down – Economise in vain : USELESS
21-down – Tear in distress, seen in one’s eye : RETINA
22-down – One of the Rolling Stones? : MARBLE
24-down – Cut the end of a weed : DOCK
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.