This crossword No. 25172 clues and answers were published on Fri 19 Nov 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25172 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – House where thousands help for nothing in Japan : HOKKAIDO
5-across – Protest by spouse of brave king : SQUAWK
9-across – Cub on return to base has brief spell of fun : WOLFLING
10-across – Article on songs heard : LEADER
12-across – Section of river by a lost field, new or second-hand? : REACHMEDOWN
15-across – Correct relationship to go down noisily : SYNCH
17-across – Waste time playing with 19 10 keeping his 19 cut : FOOLABOUT
18-across – Refusal to answer number — how French! : NOCOMMENT
19-across – Person privy to celebration : PARTY
20-across – Skill at bringing up flagship, perhaps : MOTHERCRAFT
24-across – Ploughed fields can, without a bit of earth : ARABLE
25-across – Spades at card game or reversed hat : SOMBRERO
26-across – Look into spare cover for footwear : GALOSH
27-across – The Guardian’s after a rest in a way : ASITWERE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Novel conclusion of 19 10 : HOWARDSEND
2-down – 19 10, losing heart, confines pupil to Scots earldom in Scots town : KILMARNOCK
3-down – Everyone expressed satisfaction with God : ALLAH
4-down – An odd tea chef makes for a macabre affair : DANCEOFDEATH
6-down – Mother of nest — no black Catholic on throne then? : QUEENWASP
7-down – Problem for a 19 10 initially : AIDS
8-down – Enterprise 10 at church : KIRK
11-down – Making physical education photo soft porn’s first bestseller : TOPOFTHEPOPS
13-down – What The Papers Say features boy swallowing container with drinks : JOURNALESE
14-down – Support six feet with no head — ecstasy for the unadventurous : STAYATHOME
16-down – Witch hazel is to follow meat with : HAMAMELIS
21-down – 9 gets it at length : CUBIT
22-down – See 23 : HAIG
23-down – Report of 19 10 getting peerage for World War I general : EARL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.