This crossword No. 25446 clues and answers were published on Thu 06 Oct 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25446 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Best man unwisely consuming last of wine cellar : BASEMENT
5-across – US conspiracy theorist rumoured to be a woman : BERTHA
9-across – Head of convent’s eager to preserve it? : CHASTITY
10-across – Assange at last escaping awkward situations and fights : SCRAPS
12-across – Ring for Victor! : LAPOFHONOUR
15-across – Doctor’s exclamation when you take no medication : DROPS
17-across – Alcohol leads kid also to crack cocaine and morphine, for example : ALKALOIDS
18-across – Manoeuvring wide lorry with anxiety : WORRIEDLY
19-across – Ink is leaking more, we hear : SEPIA
20-across – Adorable old mongrel : LABRADOODLE
24-across – Stop progress, arrested by frosty mien : STYMIE
25-across – Show house in Hollywood, perhaps running amok outside : OKLAHOMA
26-across – Team of little people saving energy : ELEVEN
27-across – They ogle clothing — monarch’s in the buff! : STARKERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Clasp drink and get on with it : BUCKLEDOWN
2-down – Head of salon put rollers in baskets for the juniors : SHAMPOOERS
3-down – Married love entails endless argument in recurring pattern : MOTIF
4-down – Battled on in a struggle to show what the government owes : NATIONALDEBT
6-down – Cardinal points to cleric’s fancy rings : ENCIRCLES
7-down – Kisser’s repellent organ : TRAP
8-down – Too regularly missing allusion : ALSO
11-down – Footwear once supposedly controversial at the Cenotaph : DONKEYJACKET
13-down – In school next to Empire Theatre : HIPPODROME
14-down – Station wagons, say, taking part in Wacky Races : ESTATECARS
16-down – Art form that generates spirit and zest : STILLLIFE
21-down – Dashing to eject girl during broadcast : ONAIR
22-down – Man, perhaps out of his league : ISLE
23-down – Strings articulating Pinocchio? : LYRE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.