This crossword No. 11940 clues and answers were published on Thu 14 Aug 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 11940 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Place to work out : GYMNASIUM
8-across – Glowing ring : HALO
9-across – Original model – top poetry : PROTOTYPE
10-across – Measure : METE
13-across – Soup : BROTH
15-across – Calculate : RECKON
16-across – Cowardly – colour : YELLOW
17-across – Be the property of : BELONG
19-across – Slender and elegant : SVELTE
20-across – Monotonous sound – member of hive : DRONE
21-across – Art gallery founded by sugar magnate : TATE
24-across – Degree of bending : CURVATURE
25-across – Scarce : RARE
26-across – Kind of sweet : JELLYBEAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Thread – story : YARN
3-down – Brief letter – distinction : NOTE
4-down – Ringed planet : SATURN
5-down – Difficult to control : UPPITY
6-down – Aquatic plant with showy flowers : WATERLILY
7-down – Intermediary : GOBETWEEN
11-down – River running into another : TRIBUTARY
12-down – Artwork produced by carving, moulding etc : SCULPTURE
13-down – Tied – leap : BOUND
14-down – Retch : HEAVE
18-down – Game bird – complain : GROUSE
19-down – Whine : SNIVEL
22-down – Pierce with pointed weapon : STAB
23-down – Operatic solo : ARIA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.