This crossword No. 26461 clues and answers were published on Tue 06 Jan 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26461 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Where the sexually ambiguous may get their gear, or one piece : BISHOP
5-across – Small brew with one omission? Just so : SPOTON
8-across – Face closing supplier of tea that is open during the day : DIURNAL
9-across – The minority? Yes indeed : NOTHALF
11-across – Victoria here, a nun, loved vicars to bits : VANCOUVERISLAND
12-across – Silently indicates the difference between forwards and bellicose : NODS
13-across – Not too heavy a sea? That’s fortunate : JUSTASWELL
17-across – From youngsters : RENOVATION
18-across – Snake — in fear, it’s got up : WIND
20-across – Initiate levitation project? : GETOFFTHEGROUND
23-across – Champion’s air inhibits tease : TRIBUNE
24-across – Bar’s variable repeat is just about variable : TRAPEZE
25-across – Imprison bloke for debt? : REMAND
26-across – To call round cheers retired sailor : RATING
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Ancient creature, I assume, is crossing poop : IGUANODON
3-down – Sounds attractive, but one would take you for a ride : HANSOM
4-down – Event in which John Paul II may have been buried? : POLEVAULT
5-down – Sister snapped up one foreign address : SENOR
6-down – Stubs toe painfully, being most stupid : OBTUSEST
7-down – Michelle raised Sam, a boy with some deficiencies : OBAMA
8-down – Guess correctly what some kings used to claim : DIVINERIGHT
10-down – Violin sounding two notes? Nonsense : FIDDLEDEDEE
14-down – Wrote inaccurately about Spanish firm’s coupe : TWOSEATER
15-down – Purée I can whisk up for one likely to appreciate it? : EPICUREAN
16-down – A very intriguing fact, as Uruguay’s national airline leads all the fliers around : AVIFAUNA
19-down – Not quite loyal worker absent without justification : TRUANT
21-down – Worked without finishing thin material : TOILE
22-down – Footprint creates initially unvoiced terror : TREAD
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.