This crossword No. 25327 clues and answers were published on Fri 20 May 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25327 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Drug that makes one live longer, reportedly : DILATOR
8-across – A soak’s ending? What, in summer month? Do this then! : MAKEHAY
9-across – Place reached by sea passage, we hear : ISLE
10-across – Old chap eating lunch maybe, one to perk up : COMEALIVE
12-across – Little house with people not half dull : HOHUM
13-across – Fish gone off course, one no good for catching : STINGRAY
15-across – No rebel, hard-working student said to be on the ball : KNOW
16-across – See 15 : WHATS
17-across – See 15 : WHAT
18-across – Sixth sense employed to secure ring to be married : ESPOUSED
20-across – Lousiest material editor’s chucked out : WORST
21-across – Splits from son, always being held in scorn : DISSEVERS
22-across – Characters enthralled by the beautiful goddess : HEBE
24-across – African managed to seize rod of authority : RWANDAN
25-across – Be boisterous, turning bad in swaying motion : ROLLICK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Achieves easy success, when not yielding to highwayman’s request? : WINS
2-down – Good old England wicketkeeper who worked for TV programme? : GAMESHOW
3-down – Sort of business catastrophe to get caught up in : DOTCOM
4-down – Stars joining jail birds : CANARIES
5-down – Top gymnast in Eastern city once : PEKING
6-down – Got lucre quickly with fancy backed — a fat sum : MADE
11-down – Go wrong dealing with pub drink — being taken short within walking distance? : MISHANDLE
12-down – See 1 : HANDS
14-down – See 6 : AFAST
16-down – Like an old chapel in Wales Nye restored : WESLEYAN
17-down – Underground passage undamaged with class heading off into it : WORMHOLE
19-down – Duke or count — he falls off gee-gee in middle of bog : ORSINO
20-down – Jammy ladies going to wicked city with a loss of love and common sense : WISDOM
21-down – See 1 : DOWN
23-down – See 6 : BUCK
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.