This crossword No. 25074 clues and answers were published on Wed 28 Jul 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25074 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Confrontation over a vehicle : CALASH
4-across – Plonk — new load got in is hot stuff : VINDALOO
9-across – Ox takes head off plant : LOWER
10-across – One can find a home in Oxford : LOSTCAUSE
11-across – Such food’s origin can be suspicious : INORGANIC
12-across – Faithful, say, in economy with the truth : LIEGE
13-across – They may constrain one’s liquid assets : PURSESTRINGS
17-across – Coin featured in Schubert’s Octet? : PIECEOFEIGHT
20-across – Rowan’s character: nothing comic : BEANO
21-across – Troops : ROOTCROPS
23-across – Old stars, such as Marx and Engels … : REDGIANTS
24-across – … Beth and more of the same : DITTO
25-across – Nellie, or other with fewer friends : LONELIER
26-across – Cryptic advice for a clever solver to extract : ORACLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Muse on everything one has to manage without : CALLIOPE
2-down – Crawl out from penalty area? : LAWCOURT
3-down – Show of indifference to quiet floor covering : SHRUG
5-down – Our visits once turned on such as John the Baptist : INSECTIVOROUS
6-down – EU proceed tied up with traditional rules : DECALOGUE
7-down – Greenwood tree featured by Hardy? : LAUREL
8-down – Key player? : OPENER
10-down – Extremists responsible for one frantic lunge : LUNATICFRINGE
14-down – Article laid Tories almost in shreds : EDITORIAL
15-down – A song about tourist information centre initially uncertain : AGNOSTIC
16-down – Device for one sense to intrude on another? : OTOSCOPE
18-down – Native with one drink going away from the mouth : ABORAL
19-down – Keeper with Forest … : WARDEN
22-down – … introduced a redwood tree : CEDAR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.