This crossword No. 25348 clues and answers were published on Tue 14 Jun 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25348 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Attempt to counter 10s of 22 across on front cover : FACEMASK
9-across – Trains are not busy : ORNATE
10-across – Initial clue : SIGN
11-across – House flies on sagging flesh : BINGOWINGS
12-across – An apartment right for a high flier? : CONDOR
14-across – With sheet of ice, boy creates a 10 of 22 across : WRINKLES
15-across – Plant’s rendition of Blue Monday? : NELUMBO
17-across – Fish bearing down with French head of state : SEABASS
20-across – Throw money at pine tree : LOBLOLLY
22-across – Lord unseated from a horse, when getting on : AGEING
23-across – Supplies drawer for stationery, say : STOCKSTILL
24-across – Low noise? I try to cover Duke’s classic number : MOOD
25-across – See 24 : INDIGO
26-across – 10 of 22 across when half-dead soldiers return key : DEMENTIA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Unorthodox vicar with ring: 1 in 7 or possible 10 of 22 across : VARICOSE
2-down – See 1 : VEIN
3-down – Curve left, away from climb : CAMBER
4-down – Ring relatives on a west American Pacific island : OKINAWA
5-down – What pioneers do: invade, settle and educate leaders : COLONISE
6-down – The Titanic’s claim to be lacking power outside Belfast, for example : UNSINKABLE
7-down – Egoist rolling a cigar : STOGIE
13-down – Dublin Echo spread: Sagging flesh : DOUBLECHIN
16-down – 10 of 22 across? Stalin out East after party uprising : BALDSPOT
18-down – Players act out of strange fascination : SINFONIA
19-down – Hosts miss lapping up milk products : MYRIADS
21-down – Making public sally : OUTING
22-down – A fine fabric — it’s glowing : AFLAME
24-down – Setter’s 2, perhaps : MINE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.