This crossword No. 25555 clues and answers were published on Fri 10 Feb 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25555 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Went out before snowstorm in Telford and Harlow, perhaps : NEWTOWNS
9-across – Cold drink : BITTER
10-across – Welcome sign of cold weather : HAIL
11-across – Rendition: a treatment that’s excessive : INORDINATE
12-across – It’s cold: first frost on hilltop : FRIDGE
14-across – Always remove injured soldiers : EVERMORE
15-across – Adverse weather report overlooked : MISSED
17-across – Constancy of saint, unaltered : STASIS
20-across – An island in the sun, after Boatman views report of adverse travel conditions : ICYROADS
22-across – Succeed with attempt to set out, turning about in burst of sleet? : WINTRY
23-across – Spooner’s call for unlikely defrosting — it’s needed to ease transportation : BICYCLEOIL
24-across – An end to snow? What nonsense! : THAW
25-across – Iron alloy beneath surface of fake pound coin : FLORIN
26-across – They may be right; the alternative is to embrace evidence, ultimately : THEORIES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Star puts curse on a music industry award: Boatman’s lost : HEXAGRAM
2-down – Delayed, held up with other people … : ETAL
3-down – … for some time in hail, we broke down : AWHILE
4-down – As a good dog with bone, it deliberated : OBEDIENT
5-down – Rock artist’s sound, supported by two family members : STONEMASON
6-down – Filthy weather, not warm? At first you’ll need this : HEATER
8-down – See 22 across : SHOWER
13-down – Exhibition of Spode’s Troy ersatz vessels : DESTROYERS
16-down – Imagine letters circulating about the end of the pencil! : EMAILING
18-down – She runs stark ere collapsing : STREAKER
19-down – Company goes in to move rest of convoy : ESCORT
21-down – Freezing cold, as the Downs are : CHILLY
22-down – Change after end of snowman : WALTER
24-down – Some sleet or snow on the hills : TORS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.