This crossword No. 14498 clues and answers were published on Wed 26 Oct 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14498 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Vehicle for hire : TAXICAB
8-across – National Theatre’s first artistic director, d. 1989 : OLIVIER
9-across – Hot south wind from North Africa : SIROCCO
10-across – Classically simple — in grace : GRECIAN
11-across – Member of Germanic tribe settled in southern England after the Romans : SAXON
13-across – Apparently : SEEMINGLY
15-across – Knowledge — no to icing : COGNITION
18-across – Let in : ADMIT
21-across – Digestive organ : STOMACH
22-across – Widely separated : ASUNDER
23-across – Take to one’s bed : LIEDOWN
24-across – Backer of a losing cause : DIEHARD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Jobs to be done : TASKS
2-down – Copying machine : XEROX
3-down – Fellow plotter : COCONSPIRATOR
4-down – Rock’n’roll dance : BOOGIE
5-down – Musical notation — intimate urges : TIMESIGNATURE
6-down – Giving help : AIDING
7-down – Hero’s drink of choice? : BRANDY
12-down – Female singing voice : ALTO
14-down – Hebrew patriarch, son of Jacob : LEVI
15-down – Chess piece : CASTLE
16-down – Finger warmers : GLOVES
17-down – Under control : INHAND
19-down – Mass communications : MEDIA
20-down – In need of rest : TIRED
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.