This crossword No. 25491 clues and answers were published on Mon 28 Nov 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25491 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Get away from test centre with carbon copy : ESCAPE
4-across – I holler out loud for something to eat in parlour : ICECREAM
9-across – Turning without due care to capture American soldier : HUSSAR
10-across – Conversing quietly in a helicopter : SPEAKING
11-across – Prickliest ground with that side? : PARTICKTHISTLE
13-across – Toed line by yielding thus? : OBEDIENTLY
14-across – Expensive honey : DEAR
16-across – They serve older boys cigarettes : FAGS
18-across – Seeing how far one can go in fitting room? : TRYINGITON
21-across – Salt that may be extracted from china clay? : SODIUMCHLORIDE
23-across – A very English mass — with song and prayer : AVEMARIA
24-across – Pay no attention to rocky region : IGNORE
25-across – First signs of Eurasian nuthatch in evergreen : ENDURING
26-across – Silver paper finally swallowed by spy : ARGENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Authentic quartet from Liechtenstein : ECHT
2-down – Newspaper boss sent up after conspirator falls : CASCADE
3-down – Insect burrowing into straight banana : PLANTAIN
5-down – Senator’s first to abandon a gun in cool part of Washington : CAPITOLHILL
6-down – Fur is for mammals : COATIS
7-down – Letter left in European skiing area : EPISTLE
8-down – Married woman accepts grand new short wave generator : MAGNETRON
12-down – Tory pamphlet — one about Labour movement : CONTRACTION
13-down – Obscure cafe — but so original : OBFUSCATE
15-down – Gelatinous substance from a fish that’s been cloned : AGARAGAR
17-down – Welcome event not expected in Götterdämmerung? : GODSEND
19-down – Young swimmer needing little support : TADPOLE
20-down – Home help for a posh couple? : AUPAIR
22-down – Introductions to major essayists: Addison, Thoreau, Bacon and Lamb? : MEAT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.