This crossword No. 25385 clues and answers were published on Wed 27 Jul 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25385 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Rule about part of tube that goes underground : SUBWAY
4-across – Swindle repelled in country by alien of posh character : UPMARKET
9-across – Hidden person running religious business : OCCULT
10-across – Separate gases from magic herb in exotic teas : ATMOLYSE
11-across – Sedative for bird that’s breached order to put note into singer : PHENOBARBITONE
13-across – Different artist left single girl to instincts going the other way : DISSIMILAR
14-across – Tendency of footballer to have swapped poles with one in 8 : BENT
16-across – Substitute for bad habit? : VICE
18-across – A beast or two going round deserted village with low frequency : TIMBERWOLF
21-across – Invisible writer backs my way with quote turning into cesspool : SYMPATHETICINK
23-across – Sailor finds worthy folk a lot to stomach : ABOMASUM
24-across – Style with ornament or otherwise with 2 2s? : ROCOCO
25-across – The Spanish sheep have tangled hair : ELFLOCKS
26-across – Speculation about the sick getting lodging : BILLET
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Try to get warmer than swarm? : SHOT
2-down – Audible supporters of deity? : BACCHUS
3-down – Lost land last carved up without objector : ATLANTIS
5-down – Land amid a lot of stones: it was chronicled by Potter : PETERRABBIT
6-down – Exemplar of beauty, a tonic when evil turns up : ADONIS
7-down – Surgery that’s transparent when unoccupied? : KEYHOLE
8-down – Ironic wish for food — eating shrub’s rubbish, concealing go-slow among detectives and pupil : THEBESTOF
12-down – See 8 : BRITISHLUCK
13-down – Destroy pictures of Hindu deity : DEVASTATE
15-down – Vegetable for Manx badger with species of bacterium : BROCCOLI
17-down – Be substituted and succeed — it follows with scepticism : COMEOFF
19-down – Bird covering north Indian region, 1 down in the 22 with the 22? : OWNGOAL
20-down – Attempted to be hard on a rude Latin : HADAGO
22-down – Party leader once on the ball? : FOOT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.