This crossword No. 13741 clues and answers were published on Sat 24 May 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 13741 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Exact reproduction : FACSIMILE
8-across – Illegitimate tackle : FOUL
9-across – Dish of meat served in a thick white sauce : FRICASSEE
10-across – Charon’s 26 carried dead souls across this river : STYX
13-across – Famous person : CELEB
15-across – Long rope with a noose at the end : LARIAT
16-across – Knocking sound : RATTAT
17-across – Russian physiologist who first observed conditioned responses : PAVLOV
19-across – Member of a UK political party : LIBDEM
20-across – Final tally : TOTAL
21-across – Trumpet-shaped flowering plant : LILY
24-across – Anthony Hope’s imagined central European kingdom : RURITANIA
25-across – Mention favourably — stopper : PLUG
26-across – Charon’s river craft? : FERRYBOAT
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Light and insubstantial : AIRY
3-down – Very short stocking? : SOCK
4-down – Old firearm : MUSKET
5-down – German songs : LIEDER
6-down – Mental and emotional strength : FORTITUDE
7-down – System of adaptable working hours : FLEXITIME
11-down – Summer shoes : FLIPFLOPS
12-down – Trivial : FRIVOLOUS
13-down – Name of two Italian navigator-explorers of the New World, father John and son Sebastian : CABOT
14-down – Herb : BASIL
18-down – Book : VOLUME
19-down – More like a couch potato : LAZIER
22-down – Aggressive remark intended to have a telling effect : BARB
23-down – City in Tuscany : PISA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.