This crossword No. 25528 clues and answers were published on Tue 10 Jan 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25528 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Richard the First enters French royal house where he puts his foot down : CARPET
5-across – Position made for top-liner? : HEADSHIP
9-across – Grief soundly finished by lunch? : MOURNING
10-across – Took steps — stepped in Kent or possibly Dorset : STRODE
11-across – Snack for all golfers? : OPENSANDWICH
13-across – The Queen in Ireland? : ERIN
14-across – Greenies contrived to stimulate : ENERGISE
17-across – New idea lost as disconnected : ISOLATED
18-across – That’s how not to be hidden : SHOW
20-across – Hybrid tongue sounds more open : LINGUAFRANCA
23-across – Turkish ruler formulates a bill, for example : ATABEG
24-across – Beguile with staple of the popular press? : INTRIGUE
25-across – Exclamation of virtue? : GOODNESS
26-across – View love, left wing : PINION
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Morning fine but frenzied : AMOK
3-down – Lepers non-playing in complement? : PERSONNEL
4-down – Convenience of property available to accommodate one : TOILET
5-down – Tall pedestrians built for cross-country running? : HIGHSPEEDTRAINS
6-down – One indicates you’re not all there : ABSENTEE
7-down – Kate gets her training in Devon, perhaps? : SHREW
8-down – Miliband upset in cut vacillation : INDECISION
12-down – Poor cut — it’s possibly sometimes smoked : PROSCIUTTO
15-down – Carrying one into stage version? : GESTATION
16-down – Student involved in unusual murder : STRANGLE
19-down – How soldiers march on foot? : INSTEP
21-down – Scoffed at soldiers’ plot : GIBED
22-down – Victor gets embrace with love : HUGO
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.