This crossword No. 25872 clues and answers were published on Fri 15 Feb 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25872 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sailors who have many relations? : MATELOTS
5-across – Fully committed, dad and I join Unionists : PAIDUP
9-across – Acolyte starts to forswear open-mindedness, like one of the herd? : FOLLOWER
10-across – Spooner’s to kill writer and collect £200! : PASSGO
12-across – Couple in USA regularly picked flowers : OPENS
13-across – Helped hide the claret? : FURTHERED
14-across – Plots involving high-speed races : MACHINATIONS
18-across – Source of retired aunt’s tailored, fashionable top : FOUNTAINHEAD
21-across – Haiti cops dressed in pale green : PISTACHIO
23-across – Corrupt president’s interment : SPOIL
24-across – Energy supply? Dave ignored privatised wrongdoing : SPIRIT
25-across – She’s over-groomed : BIGAMIST
26-across – Unearth old philosopher : EXHUME
27-across – Stealing 80% of everything movable : THIEVERY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – The legend of Arachne? That’s a tall story! : MYFOOT
2-down – Rang and gave away secrets on air : TOLLED
3-down – Charms spoil with time, so get on with it! : LOOKSMART
4-down – What you will otherwise do on 6 January : TWELFTHNIGHT
6-down – A sector of Fukushima was hazardously thus : AWASH
7-down – Feyerabend finally is in favour of falsification : DISPROOF
8-down – Postured preposterously, having highest opinion of oneself : PROUDEST
11-down – Finish like Marie Curie? : FRENCHPOLISH
15-down – Farsi can become français, if you do this : TRANSLATE
16-down – Away I step, ill-prepared — or not prepared — for skiing : OFFPISTE
17-down – Browning perhaps subverting cosy oral tale : GUNSMITH
19-down – I have supper after ten : IODINE
20-down – Showing no emotion as muscle gets caught in zip : FLATLY
22-down – Principle aside, love to get married! : AXIOM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.