This crossword No. 25021 clues and answers were published on Thu 27 May 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25021 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Compensate for being out of the picture : OFFSET
5-across – Release mechanism with guts to include jam-makers’ recipe : TRIPWIRE
9-across – Dance to Spooner’s plugs for blue movies? : HORNPIPE
10-across – Pharmaceutical experiences take one back to being incorporeal : SPIRIT
11-across – Disruption before noon breaking into frenetic activity : INTERFERENCE
13-across – Duck appears headless, going west : SMEE
14-across – Means of recording idea about volunteers : NOTATION
17-across – Medic apprehends first one caught in the neighbourhood : DISTRICT
18-across – Coarse when cross, reportedly : RUDE
20-across – Stop trainer taking drug round to participant in bloodsport : BANDERILLERO
23-across – Stop believer throttling sceptic, initially : DESIST
24-across – Monkey’s not forbidden — understood? : IMPLICIT
25-across – Bearing up : STANDING
26-across – Obstacle to artist securing capital return : REMORA
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Run member of pack over : FLOW
3-down – Feeling hugely enthusiastic about new bird : SENTIMENT
4-down – Parched, wanting fifth of 5 6s : THIRTY
5-down – Deep utterances regretted next morning? : THEDRINKTALKING
6-down – Studies of low life engrossing pothead : INSPECTS
7-down – Irritating noise? It’s 5 down : WHINE
8-down – Died for nothing in Coriolanus, misreading meteorological portents : RAINCLOUDS
12-down – A collection of books about m-mollusc dropping 5 with mixed feelings : AMBIVALENT
15-down – Foul-up is introduced to logo — it’s a threat to civilisation! : TERRORISM
16-down – Texts for setting up a bit of bitter bile : LIBRETTI
19-down – Pager perhaps causing apiarist to emit cry of alarm? : BEEPER
21-down – 10? It’s 5 down : DJINN
22-down – The ultimate conveyance? It’s 5 down : BIER
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.