This crossword No. 25548 clues and answers were published on Thu 02 Feb 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25548 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Old dictator gives a fig, when nudged, about count : GADDAFI
5-across – Indian sage that’s been topped and crushed by child’s mother : MAHATMA
9-across – Cathedral city lacks large, double height, freestyle rap instrument : WELSH
10-across – Protection of two names separately included in a cruise at sea : INSURANCE
11-across – Small folded paper sheets cover landed gentlemen, generally : SQUIREHOOD
12-across – Old composer’s chat, say, on the radio : BYRD
14-across – Race got up — a classic beauty : ENGLISHROSE
18-across – Certain people have fun with Shakespearean drama, discreetly : THESCOTTISH
21-across – See 18 : PLAY
22-across – Deprived community’s song of work comes to nowt, sadly : SHANTYTOWN
25-across – Make something of prisoners transported by lorry, it’s said : CONSTRUCT
26-across – Foul’s legal, if starting line’s cut : AWFUL
27-across – Top grade butter in lounge, somewhere in Wyoming : LARAMIE
28-across – Theatre director wants Rye converted for a location in The Sound of Music : NUNNERY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Advice to ambitious young man — get lost! : GOWEST
2-down – He assembled scores of shops round Nassau’s east end : DELIUS
3-down – Here carbon emission produces disgust : ABHORRENCE
4-down – Part of eye hospital instant? Here’s a drink : IRISH
5-down – Dictator forcing poor souls into a small car : MUSSOLINI
6-down – See 9 : HARP
7-down – Poet figure associated with New York’s performing : TENNYSON
8-down – City of Lincoln? Right — need to change : ABERDEEN
13-down – Those people crossing High Andes peaks triumph, taking a picture : THEHAYWAIN
15-down – Lodge’s The Usage, novel about love : GATEHOUSE
16-down – Unusual element of floaty pi calculation : ATYPICAL
17-down – Old servant’s not a giving type : RETAINER
19-down – See 4 : COFFEE
20-down – Acting on the stage, so no need to call fault : INPLAY
23-down – Unacceptable, going up or down : NOTON
24-down – It’s been split, the first half of dictionary? : ATOM
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.