This crossword No. 25080 clues and answers were published on Wed 04 Aug 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25080 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Very, very tiresome ultimately, a Zulu playing the blasted thing? : VUVUZELA
9-across – Stiff in one’s hole? : GRAVE
10-across – See 25 : EARS
11-across – As a male, be all at sea with name for sailor : ABLESEAMAN
12-across – Is a ploughman’s work so innovative? : GROUND
14-across – See 12 : BREAKING
15-across – Harmless, misogynistic at heart, something positive about it? : ANODYNE
17-across – Almost all day, dogs emptied 2 : ALMONDS
20-across – Tablet in power for overflow passage : SPILLWAY
22-across – Music player taking bird alongside river : DEEJAY
23-across – A little stuff blocking pipe : SMATTERING
24-across – Ring for taxi, endlessly? : TOLL
25-across – Charlie picks things up — though he may not? : CLOTH
26-across – Gathering information, good to have bias : GLEANING
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Islander has problem with a coach, one having departed : SUMATRAN
2-down – Barking heads : NUTS
3-down – Prize artist lifted : REWARD
4-down – Hop up into road, as marsupial : WALLABY
5-down – This on shamed faces over oil company, bird trapped in it? : EGGSHELL
6-down – Stop to request pink flower : DAMASKROSE
7-down – Stay on, chief! : REMAIN
13-down – Wave adult off in marriage : UNDULATION
16-down – Might this suggest I held capital? : NEWDELHI
18-down – Ending it all, ring off — then what’s there to hear? : DIALLING
19-down – Within grassy ring, aquatic plant : SYRINGA
21-down – Mini half off, in the pink as scrubber : PUMICE
22-down – See 9 : DIGGER
24-down – See 18 : TONE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.