This crossword No. 25570 clues and answers were published on Tue 28 Feb 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25570 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bend in backbone with belly up? : SUPINE
4-across – Soaks with sheer drops? : STEEPS
9-across – Nazi first out of the game? : HESS
10-across – Jester sees the point in modern type of phone : TOUCHSTONE
11-across – Jolson’s link with Hindu goddess is something basic : ALKALI
12-across – … make her submit? So far… : HITHERTO
13-across – Foreshadow publicity for Eastern number : PREFIGURE
15-across – Safe company? : FIRM
16-across – Platitudes uttered by a philosopher? : CANT
17-across – What makes Denys tick could be disastrous : STICKYEND
21-across – Gas meter with point out of place could be better : GAMESTER
22-across – Avian raptor, perhaps? : PARROT
24-across – Fashionable folk with affected gait carrying offspring : GLITTERATI
25-across – Ruin in being found out : UNDO
26-across – In the Times I spy product of a key worker : TYPIST
27-across – Speed — it’s lost for a vegetable : CELERY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – One knows how to choose from which witch, for example : SPELLER
2-down – Infatuation with a former eastern official : PASHA
3-down – Love is all — or just the opposite? : NOTHING
5-down – That ones playing in South Pacific : TAHITI
6-down – In the next remit you’re given it’s the end : EXTREMITY
7-down – A private room can’t unfortunately come within the total : SANCTUM
8-down – Despotic writer, Italian, changing sides : AUTHORITARIAN
14-down – Digital 6 : FINGERTIP
16-down – Guy allowed a string of beads : CHAPLET
18-down – Upset, depending on one’s bigheadedness? : CAPSIZE
19-down – Hands up! — Danny loves trouble : NOONDAY
20-down – Concubine starts off with mental pressure : STRESS
23-down – Way to utter defeat by Spain : ROUTE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.