This crossword No. 977 clues and answers were published on Sun 15 Jun 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 977 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Red figures on a balance sheet or ledger : LOSS
3-across – Expressing extreme contempt : SCORNFUL
9-across – Pause or interruption : CAESURA
10-across – Spanish for ‘fox’ giving name to a fictional aristocratic outlaw of old California : ZORRO
11-across – Mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated : DITTO
12-across – Disperse widely : SPREAD
14-across – Came to nothing : WENTUPINSMOKE
17-across – Habitually wicked : SINFUL
19-across – Impure form of quartz with banded chalcedony, used as a gemstone : AGATE
22-across – Any property detected by the olfactory system : ODOUR
23-across – See opus : ESPOUSE
24-across – Not rigid : FLEXIBLE
25-across – Rain cats and dogs : PELT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Act of confining prisoners to their cells : LOCKDOWN
2-down – US version of a shooting sport involving clay pigeons : SKEET
4-down – Pedigree or style wins through in the end : CLASSWILLTELL
5-down – Edge tool used in shaving : RAZOR
6-down – Motley assortment of things : FARRAGO
7-down – Plunder : LOOT
8-down – Numeric puzzle : SUDOKU
13-down – Reject a serving politician from standing again : DESELECT
15-down – Foul; putrid : NOISOME
16-down – Apt to speak irritably: smart and fashionable : SNAPPY
18-down – Enrico —–, Italian nuclear physicist : FERMI
20-down – Divert : AMUSE
21-down – Top covering of a building or vehicle : ROOF
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.