This crossword No. 25524 clues and answers were published on Thu 05 Jan 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25524 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Drink initially advertised in newspaper : LEMONADE
9-across – Angry whistle-blower meets union leader in Israel : IREFUL
10-across – Country girl briefly eating duck : LAOS
11-across – Turn to people in charge in eastern state promoting religious unity : ECUMENICAL
12-across – Discontented apple picker, second of two in set play : LEEWAY
14-across – Final day before tuna cooked by lake : EVENTUAL
15-across – Leaves from part of jetty found in different clue : LETTUCE
17-across – Alcohol has another reeling one side to the other : ETHANOL
20-across – Top biofuel isn’t a sort of petrol : LEADFREE
22-across – Attack drinking song taking off women : ASSAIL
23-across – Hot stuff leading to blues in 2 : LAVATORIES
24-across – Sword giving enemy cut to one leg : FOIL
25-across – Something left back in empty cage by lion? : LEGACY
26-across – I’ll shortly read up about number available for hard labour : EPIDURAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Jargon at bar where head of government drinks in general : LEGALESE
2-down – Love in the sun, upshot engagement : LOOS
3-down – Male going Intercity, thus limping along? : LAMELY
4-down – Plants tree in grounds : LEGUMES
5-down – Bill has feet repositioned in safety device : LIFEBELT
6-down – Monsters on the loose as teal vanish? : LEVIATHANS
7-down – Liberal American with alias in foreign capital : LUSAKA
13-down – Retreat from Rhode Island Walt Whitman originally had arranged : WITHDRAWAL
16-down – Radical vehicle young man left outside Number Ten : CARBOXYL
18-down – First dole payment turned up last, not first : ORIGINAL
19-down – Lord Byron piece’s extended measure, by the sound of things : DECIBEL
21-down – Paint girl and boy : ENAMEL
22-down – Go up the wall? Somehow is able to do the opposite : ABSEIL
24-down – Gross infringement : FOUL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.