This crossword No. 25558 clues and answers were published on Tue 14 Feb 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25558 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Conserve flower left behind from romance : PICKLE
4-across – Foolish people shunned by Elizabeth’s royal consort : WALLIS
9-across – Couple emerging from exit seem half-cut : ITEM
10-across – Lapse in control as 100 slashed from Scotsman’s timber quota? : ABERRATION
11-across – Love in Florida limited by death’s embrace : ENFOLD
12-across – Chew gum; annoy boyfriend : YOUNGMAN
13-across – Poor Mary, seduced by Lachlan, shedding a number of tears : LACHRYMAL
15-across – Including hand and part of foot : INCH
16-across – Affectionate airman with no date : FOND
17-across – Hard lass forewent mushy sentimentality : HEARTSAND
21-across – They say all Western artists regularly alluded to the Bible : HOLYWRIT
22-across – Removes clothes, initially shedding torrid tears : STRIPS
24-across – Gave ring, then eloped abroad : TELEPHONED
25-across – Courting of female hearts? : SUIT
26-across – Froissart recounting imprisonment of French intellectual : SARTRE
27-across – Poetry about lost love finally makes me nauseous : VERSES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Flower quietly presented to Auntie Dotty : PETUNIA
2-down – Savanna flowers : CAMPO
3-down – Forthcoming opportunity for propositioning females? : LEAPDAY
5-down – Akhmatova triumphantly captured part of one’s heart : ATRIUM
6-down – They go to court, employing good Latinist : LITIGANTS
7-down – Mouth kisses companion, provoking desire : STOMACH
8-down – Anonymous plea, having lost heart to radiant girl teen in Barking? : BEMYVALENTINE
14-down – Spooner’s kinkajou has rabbit fur : HONEYBEAR
16-down – See 17 : FLOWERS
18-down – Writer’s regret, having embraced quiet girl : RUSHDIE
19-down – Sleep and food are what babies need : NAPPIES
20-down – Pointlessly he goes looking for Cupid, perhaps : ARCHER
23-down – They have reproductive hips and pink cheeks : ROSES
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.