This crossword No. 25272 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Mar 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25272 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – A king given independence in new surroundings is a bit odd : FREAKISH
9-across – Ready to circle river 26 down : CRASH
10-across – In shock — needing a bender! : KNEE
11-across – Audio device by which the musically illiterate might play an instrument : EARTRUMPET
12-across – Cut, say, in number of people involved in legal process : INJURY
14-across – Exposed as a fraud and deprived of a berth? : DEBUNKED
16-across – US state benefits from brownie-importing Herts town : WELFARE
18-across – Gaily, casually welcoming sex leads to suppleness : AGILITY
21-across – City well taken in by criminal : FLORENCE
23-across – 26 down underwear short woman returned : BRAZIL
24-across – Fixed price mythological bird with a £ given in return : RECIPROCAL
26-across – People of mixed Latin and Korean origins : FOLK
27-across – One and minus one, continuously : ONEND
28-across – 26 down edited Mail on Sunday article : MONALISA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Alternative jig, say, to secure new mounted guns : ORDNANCE
2-down – 26 down’s second-rate old president : BABE
3-down – Spender’s opposite end of poetry for 26 down : MISERY
4-down – 26 down’s one day cuts into cleaner energy : CHARADE
5-down – Tree wizard on river : ACER
6-down – A solemn organisation overturning everything that could poison you : SALMONELLA
7-down – Abandoned hope with live satellite : PHOEBE
13-down – 26 down’s not a description of the Prodigal Son : UNFORGIVEN
15-down – Independence gained by backward country’s 26 down : BIG
17-down – Leaderless country’s 26 down : RAN
19-down – After time get healthier, as the three blind mice became : TAILLESS
20-down – Be glad to see jewel comets without jets : WELCOME
22-down – Keep out of sight of porky bass : LIELOW
23-down – Newspaper credit causes b***y row : BYLINE
25-down – 26 down’s contribution to endangered species : REDS
26-down – Blur record almost ahead of McFly’s No. 1 : FILM
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.