This crossword No. 25401 clues and answers were published on Mon 15 Aug 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25401 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – It’s legal to develop rough site : RIGHTEOUS
8-across – Perhaps Welsh wizard cheated, Rugby Union accepted : DRUID
9-across – Mechanical failure calls for detailed analysis : BREAKDOWN
10-across – They are driven to join things : NAILS
12-across – It’s frivolous having a tax about it : LEVITY
13-across – Where patients do little to make treatment effective? : RESTHOME
14-across – Left to resign in chaos, hangs around in hope : LINGERS
17-across – Equipment in what must be a warship : FRIGATE
20-across – Being in favour of making an attack : GOINGFOR
22-across – Make things fast with a cogwheel : PINION
24-across – Chaplain making home for soldiers : PADRE
25-across – Go round in pain, walking slowly : STROLLING
26-across – Admit a learner to school : LETON
27-across – Breaker’s vehicle? : SURFBOARD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Intense fire damaged church : FIERCE
2-down – What a change it may make to one’s winnings! : CHEATING
3-down – Fatal delay, perhaps, involves a number : DEADLY
4-down – It’s forbidden to charge public : OUTWARD
5-down – Introduce curve in sail after Beachy Head : BROACH
6-down – Award given to the top negotiator : DIPLOMAT
11-down – A good man rises to king and emperor : TSAR
15-down – Divorced ladies to be treated differently : ISOLATED
16-down – It floats right at the back : RAFT
18-down – Criminal group left one working a bundle of nerves! : GANGLION
19-down – Dissatisfied with rum truffle : FRETFUL
21-down – Raced up to the line with not much room to spare : NARROW
22-down – First impressions may be convincing : PROOFS
23-down – They have news or distribute it : OWNERS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.