This crossword No. 25458 clues and answers were published on Thu 20 Oct 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25458 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Dessert country, say, with considerable dosage of sugar : SWEETCHAMPAGNE
9-across – Maybe prepare to roast, having bipolar disorder : PARBOIL
10-across – Credit more frequently given to smallholder : CROFTER
11-across – It’s not nice to be harsh : ROUGH
12-across – Tails twisted in marker between land and sea : COASTLINE
13-across – I believe about 80% of confrontation is getting louder : CRESCENDO
14-across – How Brer Fox lay? Leave after him? : DOGGO
15-across – Is a girl a boy or a girl? : ISSUE
17-across – A lot of money made as evidence of being well protected : BOMBPROOF
20-across – Killer’s mistake is to interrupt races : TERRORIST
22-across – Fashionable firm appearing finally disguised : INCOG
23-across – One in charge of unfinished new picture may be laid on pillow : OCCIPUT
24-across – These days a French lover is very hard : ADAMANT
25-across – Mutton dressed as lamb? That’s Prince Charles : YOUNGPRETENDER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Byline pictures prison riots : SUPERSCRIPTION
2-down – 10 euro demand on the way : ENROUTE
3-down – Trouble ahead — also hot during growth ahead : TOOTHACHE
4-down – Man left picture on mount for inspiration : HELICON
5-down – Turn African country into old Palestinian one — not hot during excursion in play : MUCHADO
6-down – See 5 : ABOUT
7-down – See 5 : NOTHING
8-down – One man’s 20 is another man’s style raised loudly in cargo carrier : FREEDOMFIGHTER
14-down – Copy cat in romance after afters return : DUPLICATE
16-down – Wind nothing like this before capturing legendary bird : SIROCCO
17-down – Report of beak on beast with horns where speed limit is likely : BUILTUP
18-down – Gas found by setter around Frome : METHANE
19-down – Picking scene where killer gets tough? : ORCHARD
21-down – Some portraits by writer, an artist : ORPEN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.