This crossword No. 26504 clues and answers were published on Wed 25 Feb 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26504 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Raw beauty at its core, on neutral ground : AUNATUREL
10-across – Baron with line in chocolate? : BROWN
11-across – Foreign viceroy — not a chief in Kiev, anyway : KHEDIVE
12-across – Village, or giant housing land? : GEORGIA
13-across – Railway: the regional torture! : TRACK
14-across – Put wad on a sporting match and laugh uncontrollably : ROLLABOUT
16-across – Evidence of possession of muscles expanse I left to spread : ABSTRACTOFTITLE
19-across – Take a look at all-female Ring Cycle opera : LOHENGRIN
21-across – Chuck in backing, say, the theatre : GLOBE
22-across – Cleric’s tight, transitive headband : CIRCLET
23-across – Possessed large body, loathed clothing it : HAUNTED
24-across – Occupying thoroughfare to make water course : SWEET
25-across – To perform a pop genre really badly could mean quite a stretch : MURDERRAP
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Warm yourself before ballet movement, a competitive activity : BASKETBALL
2-down – Guards keep sand out : KNEEPADS
3-down – Star spewing out sulphur and then earth is not safe : ATRISK
4-down – See 21 : FREE
5-down – Instrument following toboggan line projection : FLUGELHORN
6-down – Unnatural boast about strangling old relative : ABSONANT
7-down – Consequently, river by grand house is a source of sugar : SORGHO
8-down – Former South American skincare product : INCA
14-down – Director shot Maine, which has never been bettered : RECORDTIME
15-down – Range of dumps accommodating virile blokes by day : THEMENDIPS
17-down – Butterflies buzz and I propose we should : RINGLETS
18-down – Racehorses go tailless ahead of fish-eaters : TROTTERS
20-down – Henry Moore entrances overwhelming real fancy city neighbourhood : HARLEM
21-down – Refulgent, bursting with energy and so more tolerable to some? : GLUTEN
22-down – See 23 : CASH
23-down – Playing card included in #realmoney : HARD
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.