This crossword No. 25551 clues and answers were published on Mon 06 Feb 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25551 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Low-down attempt to define middle-class people : GENTRY
6-across – Neat soft drink dispensers : UDDERS
9-across – Manage to assemble a party : MAKEDO
10-across – No task for a failure : OMISSION
11-across – Top brass turn to a black marketeer : SPIV
12-across – Working out final count : FUNCTIONAL
13-across – Comprehensive horoscope for well-known performers in the show? : ALLSTARCAST
18-across – Policeman — in the Flying Squad? : BLUEBOTTLE
21-across – It’s used to catch small river fish : REEL
22-across – A Ford not involved in making repeated journeys between places : TOANDFRO
23-across – Fool is to get bad abuse : ASSAIL
24-across – Rescue needs organising fast : SECURE
25-across – Maintain a lock so it turns : ASSERT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Space travel in novel form : INTERVAL
2-down – Withdraw in tears? : CRYOFF
3-down – Triad involvement with CIA between Italy and Albania : ADRIATIC
4-down – Dismisses a proposal to start moving : LETSGO
5-down – Clutches twigs : GRASPS
7-down – Work hard on an advertising jingle : SLOGAN
8-down – All together now: Knees bend! : JOINTACTION
14-down – They jeer at consumers : SCOFFERS
15-down – Under pressure to give up sweets : STRESSED
16-down – Flourishes and prospers without money : BLOOMS
17-down – One’s getting in support to carry on the fight : RESIST
19-down – She finds English university pleasant : EUNICE
20-down – England’s first slip gets run out : ELAPSE
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.