This crossword No. 25579 clues and answers were published on Fri 09 Mar 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25579 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
4-across – States circumvented by hasty retreat of gay character : HUSSAR
6-across – Mutant 2 transmuted metal : TITANIUM
9-across – Inquisitor wrecked Manx army jeep : JEREMY
10-across – Ecstatic about coiffure for prom : SEAFRONT
11-across – Monarch caught by his opponent on air : CROWNEDHEAD
15-across – Discriminatory fifth-rankers catching seventh note : ELITIST
17-across – Eg fungus-scavenger initially multiplied by 20 : CULTURE
18-across – Dance mistress and dissolute priest on the job : TERPSICHORE
22-across – What Syrinx did in 8? Yielded! : RETURNED
23-across – Yob getting hold of New Order’s 22 garment : KIMONO
24-across – Unfashionable subject’s popular favourites : CLASSICS
25-across – Polish writers wanting head of Polish painter : RUBENS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 9 : PAXMAN
2-down – Receivers receiving setter’s payment, initially, in coins : FIVEPENCES
3-down – Bulb in lift lifted in house : DAFFODIL
4-down – Terrorist : HIJACKER
5-down – Pasquale, perhaps, cross-culturally cross-dressing, cold and dry : SARDONIC
7-down – One-trick artist’s creation : ICON
8-down – Yen to interrupt thousandth tall tale? : MYTH
12-down – Discouragement of French dramatist adopting recipe : DETERRENCE
13-down – Feel bad about turning on gas in beleaguered economic area : EUROZONE
14-down – Kind of ancient Roman people keeping half of 13 confused : GENEROUS
16-down – Hobby generating unearned income : INTEREST
19-down – 15 circle needing brains to crack this? : CLIQUE
20-down – Idle, maybe, being possessed of infinite riches : ERIC
21-down – Weasel docked in colonnade : STOA
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.