This crossword No. 14894 clues and answers were published on Thu 01 Feb 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14894 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Entrance hall — foyer : VESTIBULE
8-across – Shed tears : WEEP
9-across – Open to argument : DEBATABLE
10-across – Fruit : PEAR
13-across – Capital of Western Australia : PERTH
15-across – Earnest request : PRAYER
16-across – Centres : HEARTS
17-across – Small ornamental case worn on a chain : LOCKET
19-across – Small pointed beard : GOATEE
20-across – Mountain ash : ROWAN
21-across – Involving bloodshed : GORY
24-across – Interesting phenomenon — show : SPECTACLE
25-across – Part of a shoe : SOLE
26-across – Made extremely sad : DESOLATED
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Organs of sight : EYES
3-down – Hard durable timber : TEAK
4-down – Dam-building rodent : BEAVER
5-down – Adam’s first wife? — Frasier Crane’s second ex-wife : LILITH
6-down – Make merry : CELEBRATE
7-down – Downtrodden : OPPRESSED
11-down – Ask forgiveness : APOLOGISE
12-down – Gondolier’s song : BARCAROLE
13-down – Dwindle away to nothing : PETER
14-down – Grey or white wading bird : HERON
18-down – Small hairpiece to cover bald patch : TOUPEE
19-down – Cowboy of the pampas : GAUCHO
22-down – Coffee — programming language : JAVA
23-down – Adhesive : GLUE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.