This crossword No. 3540 clues and answers were published on Sun 10 Aug 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3540 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Solicitor General, tense, attacks column in newspaper on disco and reportedly outlawed album : SGTPEPPERS
8-across – See 1 : LONELYHEARTS
11-across – See 1 : CLUBBAND
12-across – Person, for example, visiting a shop selling wine : BODEGA
14-across – He brings in soft wood : MAPLE
15-across – Tiredness when reading with damaged retina? That’s about right : EYESTRAIN
17-across – Hypocritical, some virgins in ceremonies : INSINCERE
18-across – Not included in special edition : EXTRA
20-across – Set of steps left by counter? : LADDER
22-across – Young side cut short a drink : GREENTEA
24-across – Be unable to move further at night, a lord, ill at ease : GRINDTOAHALT
25-across – Editorials about Scottish town preachers : LAYREADERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Commando not prepared to risk protecting monarch : GREENBERET
3-down – Benefits in French country : PAYS
4-down – Emperor – he felt uneasy about a duke, perhaps : PEEROFTHEREALM
5-down – Spooky eastern lake : EERIE
6-down – Spot inhabited by American bear : SUSTAIN
7-down – Ambiguous comment, blue? Ended tenor, unfortunately : DOUBLEENTENDRE
9-down – Racket coming from small tributary of the Great Ouse : SCAM
10-down – Disturbance behind us : RUMPUS
13-down – Her career’s varied, as analyst : RESEARCHER
16-down – Shrewd, like Egyptian king, last of line : ASTUTE
17-down – Bad carrying on with a criminal : ILLEGAL
19-down – Pseudonym I omitted, unfortunately : ALAS
21-down – Cleaner in Irish house close to Killarney : DAILY
23-down – Prominent bishop, advanced in years : BOLD
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.