This crossword No. 25753 clues and answers were published on Fri 28 Sep 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25753 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Everyone’s in debt when there’s a female around — when there’s witches around! : HALLOWEEN
10-across – Excel, alfresco or not : OUTDO
11-across – Turn in — more time in suitable chair : LOUNGER
12-across – See 3 : ANDBESS
13-across – Obsolete coin with nothing in it? Precisely : VOID
14-across – Dance scene in 3 12 in case ferryman comes round : CHARLESTON
16-across – Compound report of journey in the dark : NITRIDE
17-across – Method of painting sticky stuff sounds a pain : GOUACHE
19-across – I’m calling with a certain qualification : INAMEASURE
22-across – A lake fed by a river : ARAL
24-across – Take your place in the distance with return to streaming? : ELITISM
25-across – Leader of Leeds in the Sun — wrong part of Leeds : HUNSLET
26-across – Co-author slain horribly around 14 : SOUTH
27-across – Being old, have gun when diamonds are about : EXISTENCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – No problem for the vicar, then, in 3 12’s 21 : THELIVINGISEASY
2-down – Musician to suit change in residence : FLAUTIST
3-down – 17 down’s monarchs in 1952? : PORGY
4-down – Consent to investigation? I don’t know : SEARCHME
5-down – Not just brunette? : UNFAIR
6-down – V1 causing double trouble in a friend : DOODLEBUG
7-down – Setter’s funny way : STREET
8-down – Let person open it? Maybe better not : POISONPENLETTER
15-down – Flickers of anger during escape : FIRELIGHT
17-down – Musician to spread her wings? : GERSHWIN
18-down – See 26 : CAROLINA
20-down – An aura not born of hostility : ANIMUS
21-down – ___ born great, said Malvolio, the mathematician : SUMMER
23-down – Joins scandal up? : KNITS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.