This crossword No. 25583 clues and answers were published on Mon 19 Mar 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25583 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Dramatic character making love in exotic villa, caught by doctor : MALVOLIO
9-across – It’s far from the gold route, start to finish : OUTER
10-across – Grant holds C sharp : ACID
11-across – Crafty revolutionary move, terribly irksome, gaining last 75% of vote : ESKIMOROLL
12-across – Operation cuts lives in extremely bloody medical procedure : BIOPSY
14-across – Crank cap, say, and chain for bird : NUTHATCH
16-across – Caveman-speak about to be implanted in mutated Asian reptiles : IGUANAS
18-across – African warriors, revolutionary yet showing irreverence : IMPIETY
21-across – Tasteful circles restricting one with no time for medical openings : FISTULAE
23-across – Retired American, Mr Barlow Sweet? : SUGARY
24-across – Verbal form of ð reversed in electron, say : PARTICIPLE
26-across – Gigolo Don’s dancing around all right, which is fair : GOOD
27-across – Keenly anticipating going-home time, like Westminster sightseers? : CLOCK
28-across – Negative poles seen around hot air : NONSENSE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 27 : WATCHING
2-down – Poet’s round — very one just cited : OVID
3-down – Tired skin lifted in surgery — extremely : SLEEPY
4-down – See 26 across : LOOKING
5-down – Report which a sailor often has to avoid : BOOM
6-down – Astronomer’s job, giving celebrity Georgia energy : STARGAZING
7-down – For movement tailless parasites leap about : FROLIC
13-down – Pressure on national bats circling entrance to Tottenham’s growing estate : PLANTATION
15-down – See 20 : TOM
17-down – Nothing’s outside the scope of one who is single and ale-besotted : ALL
19-down – Shell carrier sounding stretched on French river : TORTOISE
20-down – After pint, change of tempo in eg one looking for sexual pleasure : PEEPING
22-down – Make a horticultural graft, caused by chain reaction round tip of tuber : INARCH
23-down – See 17 : SEEING
25-down – Angelica kept as cover for this? : CAKE
26-down – Computer enthusiast’s right to abandon language? : GEEK
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.