This crossword No. 25159 clues and answers were published on Thu 04 Nov 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25159 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Gold ring in lounge with paper maybe not far from … : LOOROLL
5-across – … spa lacking lustre put under drier? : BATHMAT
9-across – Call number — does it exist? : VISIT
10-across – Way of taking insulin — not in beer — for the more mature lady : BLUERINSE
11-across – Top answer changed about — changed radically : REVOLUTIONISED
13-across – Black rhyme for Greene’s coloured boy : INKY
14-across – Merrymaking before other things that are sad and dreary : FUNEREAL
17-across – Science involving force with CID’s many changes : DYNAMICS
18-across – Missing conclusion to 1 down’s 4s : LOST
21-across – Contrasting duo tilt wrong way — tilt has Gerald in trouble : LITTLEANDLARGE
23-across – Big trouble when played for fun underground? : MERRYHELL
24-across – See 26 : DRAWN
25-across – Stunned and a bit withered inside : TASERED
26-across – Extreme variance — ††† : DAGGERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Nothing and none 18 between those at 26 24 : LOVE
2-down – Unlike those at 26 24, opens letters — a monarch calls : ONSPEAKINGTERMS
3-down – Hobson gave one no work and nothing in cash : OPTION
4-down – New is old at work : LABOUR
5-down – It turned into flowers, having no time to shop : BOUTIQUE
6-down – Sitting astride horse, say, with lots of people about : THRONGED
7-down – One called to defend Hamlet from seeing car, it may be : MINISTEROFGRACE
8-down – Surveyor’s report of the more unusual illumination : THEODOLITE
12-down – Suffering from as much vertigo as possible is commonly too much : GIDDYLIMIT
15-down – Boss me about — stratagem? I’m not sure : EMPLOYER
16-down – Transmit over cliff to get meat for stew : SCRAGEND
19-down – A theologian was in front? That’s bad : ADDLED
20-down – Poodle : LAPDOG
22-down – America’s responsibility? : ONUS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.