This crossword No. 25561 clues and answers were published on Fri 17 Feb 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25561 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Where the 17 takes his money? : CAYMAN
4-across – 15 made of 25, 26 and 27 : COUGAR
9-across – Outstanding repeat for singer : LULU
10-across – Literary entertainment for the day : LIGHTVERSE
11-across – The 17 that takes your money? : MUGGER
12-across – Later to be followed by 17 : INAWHILE
13-across – Part of book including queen with prince as character : PERSONAGE
15-across – Cat where it sat : PUMA
16-across – Row in drawer? : TIER
17-across – Walking girls pretending to cry? : CROCODILE
21-across – Making play with small Scotch and loud Greek : DRAMATIC
22-across – The Sun, champion of comfort : SOLACE
24-across – Premier pianist indulging in weird speak : PADEREWSKI
25-across – First virtuous, then venerable … : GOLD
26-across – … then pirate … : SILVER
27-across – … then policeman : COPPER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Priest keeps out fashionable business : COUTURE
2-down – Solver no good? Won’t be so forever : YOUNG
3-down – Suffer headless flier to flap : AILERON
5-down – Song people don’t listen to any more means expense : OUTLAY
6-down – Spooner’s fodder put through the mill for dog : GREYHOUND
7-down – Cage bird rebelled and upset everything : ROSELLA
8-down – It’s from 2 onwards, scrambled eggs : AGEINGPROCESS
14-down – Second wave hits little room that has reproductive function : SPERMCELL
16-down – 8 sees 26 among the 25 that may be trashed : THREADS
18-down – Monastic mountain society found among gamblers? : CASSINO
19-down – Pupil : LOCULAR
20-down – Spectator leader supplied energy in tablet : STEELE
23-down – Help, say, in bloomer, in short : LEGUP
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.