This crossword No. 982 clues and answers were published on Sun 20 Jul 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 982 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Made to realise one is not as great as one thought : TAKENDOWNAPEG
8-across – Harmonious state of things : CONCORD
9-across – Originally, a round up of cattle : RODEO
10-across – Jacques —-, French filmmaker : TATI
11-across – Abort use : SABOTEUR
13-across – Naive type: shoot : SUCKER
14-across – Multiple collisions of vehicles : PILEUP
17-across – Of a sword sharpened on both sides : TWOEDGED
19-across – Donkey call : BRAY
21-across – Popeye’s nemesis : BLUTO
22-across – One who moves about aimlessly : DRIFTER
24-across – Old-fashioned type : STICKINTHEMUD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Localised habitual twitch, especially to the face : TIC
2-down – Pertaining to motion : KINETIC
3-down – Secluded spot : NOOK
4-down – Severe trial : ORDEAL
5-down – Drug that produces numbness or stupor : NARCOTIC
6-down – Military chaplain : PADRE
7-down – Science of the surface of the earth and its inhabitants : GEOGRAPHY
10-down – Glass cylinders closed at one end, used in laboratory work : TESTTUBES
12-down – Situation in which no progress can be made : DEADLOCK
15-down – Mistake : ERRATUM
16-down – Dampen : DEADEN
18-down – Eyes; eye-like opening in architecture, like a round window : OCULI
20-down – Friends and acquaintances : KITH
23-down – River, its source in the US, flowing north to empty into L Winnipeg : RED
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.