This crossword No. 958 clues and answers were published on Sun 02 Feb 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 958 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Relaxing : RESTFUL
8-across – Mechanical process of wearing something down : EROSION
9-across – Military set pieces : BATTLES
10-across – Field of study : SUBJECT
11-across – Stack, bundle : SHEAF
13-across – Chosen to represent once more : REELECTED
15-across – Exeter ham? : HEXAMETER
18-across – Hinder or prevent : QUEER
21-across – Terms during which some positions are held : TENURES
22-across – Emotionally aroused : STIRRED
23-across – Supplement to a will : CODICIL
24-across – Attempted : ESSAYED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Puzzle consisting of pictures representing syllables and words : REBUS
2-down – Erik —–, French early minimalist composer : SATIE
3-down – Backslide; become out of favour : FALLFROMGRACE
4-down – Tenant : LESSEE
5-down – Offer to gamble the same again to cancel a debt : DOUBLEORQUITS
6-down – Split exactly in two : BISECT
7-down – Leeds, Sheffield or Manchester, perhaps : UNITED
12-down – Lack of definition or precision : HAZE
14-down – Hamburg’s river : ELBE
15-down – Electronically advanced : HITECH
16-down – Winter palace of the Kubla Khan, according to Coleridge : XANADU
17-down – Go at it : TUSSLE
19-down – New-season : EARLY
20-down – Made over : REDID
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.