This crossword No. 984 clues and answers were published on Sun 03 Aug 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 984 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Emissary : LEGATE
4-across – Change course : SWITCH
9-across – Surgeon’s tool : SCALPEL
10-across – Musical piece accompanying a stage drama or comedy : OPERA
11-across – Australian marsupial which lives on eucalyptus leaves : KOALA
12-across – Stalemate : IMPASSE
13-across – Eager and alert; full of high spirits : FULLOFBEANS
18-across – Israel’s administrative capital : TELAVIV
20-across – Optical device producing an intense beam of light : LASER
22-across – Walk heavily, as when weary, or through mud : TRAMP
23-across – Pressing importance requiring speedy action : URGENCY
24-across – Stick or hold together and resist separation : COHERE
25-across – Go back on one’s word : RENEGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Capital of Zambia : LUSAKA
2-down – Tropical shrub bearing small yellowish fruit : GUAVA
3-down – Uppermost attachment of a vessel’s rigging : TOPSAIL
5-down – Shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm : WHOOP
6-down – One’s art? : TREASON
7-down – Animated : HEATED
8-down – Motion carried unanimously : ALLINFAVOUR
14-down – Loose : UNLEASH
15-down – Pastoral poem : ECLOGUE
16-down – Not in physical motion : STATIC
17-down – Old Scottish county; part name of a W Country football team : ARGYLE
19-down – Deadly-venomous snake : VIPER
21-down – From that time : SINCE
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.