This crossword No. 25254 clues and answers were published on Thu 24 Feb 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25254 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A short jacket is dazzling : ABLAZE
5-across – They’re supposed to keep you quiet — situation with half the managers : PLACEBOS
9-across – Boy interrupted by horrible woman was nervous : TWITCHED
10-across – Dessert recipe in jacket : BOMBER
11-across – Tongue supplied by butcher’s emporium : ERSE
12-across – Like written material, arranged in column with date : DOCUMENTAL
13-across – An elitist backing one form of potty art : BONSAI
14-across – Advance with challenge that’s personal : BEARDOWN
16-across – Stop trade, we say, in material for biological research : STEMCELL
19-across – Strength of character around university at a minimum — it’s weak : SUPINE
21-across – Jewellery clutched by lovely lady coming against king — someone in the tower? : BELLRINGER
23-across – Ceremony appropriate for audience : RITE
24-across – Country airs composed about America : RUSSIA
25-across – Religious song beginning again, containing a denunciation : ANATHEMA
26-across – Put tiny boy in gym in school break? : PLAYTIME
27-across – Bequeaths money to old women’s society after death : ENDOWS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Cave animal : BEWAREOFTHEBULL
3-down – A gallery under refurbishment could be that simple : ARTLESS
4-down – Drug to relieve asthma and hinder pee flowing! : EPHEDRINE
5-down – I paced around Beijing initially — before discovering this? : PEDICAB
6-down – Almost everything of poor quality in book : ALBUM
7-down – Top lady searched in the House of Lords? : ERMINED
8-down – A town memento now recollected in song : ONEMANWENTTOMOW
15-down – A type of tree covered in fruit? It’s only on the surface : ADSORBATE
17-down – Pasquale’s receiving gift, the ultimate in fine wine : MALMSEY
18-down – Left good silver in enormous lidless cases, perhaps : LUGGAGE
20-down – Spotted animal : PARCHED
22-down – One Indian female high up in another Asian land : IRANI
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.