This crossword No. 26636 clues and answers were published on Wed 29 Jul 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26636 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Editor stops helping on page, so the Eagle survives : PREDATION
10-across – State promise in church to secure a husband : IDAHO
11-across – Bar on which artists depend : TRAPEZE
12-across – Artless miss, say, retreating in tavern used regularly : INGENUE
13-across – Smart races, no outdated fences : NATTY
14-across – How crusaders acquired their protection? : MAILORDER
16-across – Background notes including medical units rewritten : INCIDENTALMUSIC
19-across – Bond’s nature changed with age : GUARANTEE
21-across – Fleeced animals from Africa moving west over time : STUNG
22-across – Gunners drop unremitting quest for success : RATRACE
23-across – How the legless proceed and possibly buttonhole the lady? : SLITHER
24-across – Something to play during suburban journey : BANJO
25-across – Type of radio broadcast lacking signal? : SHORTWAVE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Honourable position at university in the north : UPSTANDING
2-down – Pernickety poet finally coming to the fore in film : PEDANTIC
3-down – Half-hearted measures adopted by state security : SAFETY
4-down – Current speaker’s restrained : TIDE
5-down – Expect head to support worker here in Paris : ANTICIPATE
6-down – Band cut up, admitting source of recent infection : RINGWORM
7-down – Brown well beaten : TANNED
8-down – Single swimmer’s base : SOLE
14-down – Believer for whom the motion’s turbulent? : MONOTHEIST
15-down – Butcher : ROCKGARDEN
17-down – Stop sending up assistance — clergyman’s run off : DIAPASON
18-down – Fighter who’s put out about amateur : SOUTHPAW
20-down – Worried about zealot’s rising temper … : ATTUNE
21-down – … religion thus riven by suspicion : SHINTO
22-down – Birds dropping in sacks : ROBS
23-down – Tonics set up in Boots, maybe : SHOD
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.