This crossword No. 26554 clues and answers were published on Fri 24 Apr 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26554 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Killing gone mad, countless initially die in torment : GENOCIDE
9-across – One has to step back beyond cold, cold place : ICECAP
10-across – I fled 26 neighbour : IRAN
11-across – Sounding accusal to premier in Istanbul, hopeless : ACOUSTICAL
12-across – Lively agent stealing Biblical vessel : SPARKY
14-across – See 7 : BOOMDEAY
15-across – Khachaturian’s inspiring mount, main reason being so 26, possibly? : ANAGRAM
17-across – One demonstrating hurt with a US-26 voice : MARCHER
20-across – A game one has first to accept, with good justification : APOLOGIA
22-across – Unconscious, potential killer withholding shelter : ASLEEP
23-across – One arresting the flow of blood to vessel, quite tight : TOURNIQUET
24-across – Initial characters seen in translation of youthful Saroyan plays : TOYS
25-across – America on strike over a rift : HIATUS
26-across – Remain displaced, an early European Christian : ARMENIAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Reptile quietly dividing land : TERRAPIN
2-down – Party elected to kill : DOIN
3-down – A tear coming up over hundred-year crime : PIRACY
4-down – Defence in question supporting leaders in remorseless empire : REDOUBT
5-down – Power declared to be on the rise, or a scattered people? : DIASPORA
6-down – Publication has overlooked information on April 8 across, unfortunately : PERIODICAL
7-down – Mountain for 26s to climb over report, time to accept blame finally for the song of yesteryear : TARARA
13-down – Consistency shown, say, with every second of guilt — wonder about that? : REGULARITY
16-down – Tigranes distraught, most indignant : ANGRIEST
18-down – Ordinary citizen in Yerevan actively maintaining patriotism to the last : EVERYMAN
19-down – Pure heart in birth, unaffected : NATURAL
21-down – French-26 who raced to welcome independence primarily, cheers : PROSIT
22-down – Disorder while half of this map is incomplete : ASTHMA
24-down – Very little seen of atonement in Yerevan : TINY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.