This crossword No. 25444 clues and answers were published on Tue 04 Oct 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25444 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Mount queen putting iodine into toilet fixture : QUIRINAL
9-across – Unprincipled medic, sea-girt : AMORAL
10-across – A donkey, almost wild : AMOK
11-across – Western in which sharp or flat blood group’s altered : OCCIDENTAL
12-across – Not starting tale of crop production : ARABLE
14-across – Judges hearing about cake : TRIBUNAL
15-across – Meagre agent concealing misdemeanour, almost : SCRIMPY
17-across – One captivated by muddy transparency : CLARITY
20-across – Something to be confessed by fan — I love rock band? : SINFONIA
22-across – Prime colour reflected in grass : HEYDAY
23-across – Musing Frenchman amid wreckage : RUMINATION
24-across – Gently propel women behind : WAFT
25-across – Reinforce point in record : ANNEAL
26-across – A blue 6 improbably swinging both ways : BISEXUAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Spice up routine with outrageous crime : TURMERIC
2-down – Long walk for 1970s’ band multiplied by 100? : TREK
3-down – Rest of tin has leak : SNOOZE
4-down – Calm river concealing a crocodile’s head : PLACATE
5-down – Monkey gets piece to practise : MANDRILL
6-down – Writer given bhuna curry and rice dropping guts in delight : JOHNAUBREY
7-down – Second fruit minus second fruit : BANANA
13-down – Cheese is airborne, concealing 5 6’s work : BRIEFLIVES
16-down – High point for trainee aboard boat : PINNACLE
18-down – Scot maintaining Adolf maltreated plant : TOADFLAX
19-down – Snake eats up Irish instrument : MARIMBA
21-down – Reptile destabilising university again : IGUANA
22-down – Whittles ahead of time — and that’s no lie! : HONEST
24-down – Easily impressed by kiss en route? : WAXY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.