This crossword No. 25582 clues and answers were published on Tue 13 Mar 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25582 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Excitement at topless party : AROUSAL
5-across – Killer game … : HANGMAN
9-across – … on the other hand, cut the deck : ORLOP
10-across – One seeking or finding nasty old minger : GOLDMINER
11-across – Not willing to take right road : INTERSTATE
12-across – A gentile backing exercise : YOGA
14-across – Partly dressed, I get treated with insertion of a probe : INVESTIGATE
18-across – Perhaps not 1 across, ending in chest of drawers : CARTOONISTS
21-across – Take regular winnings in pubs : INNS
22-across – Cryptic compiler’s to start in earnest : MYSTERIOUS
25-across – Will manager put old flame before old money and verbal subterfuge? : EXECUTRIX
26-across – Recipient’s old man with evil eye : PAYEE
27-across – Roots of revolution and counter-revolution overlapping : TURNIPS
28-across – Maiden’s crazy for musician : SIDEMAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A fellow is a looker : ADONIS
2-down – Recently popped up in metal foundry … : OFLATE
3-down – … a foreman with outstanding face protection : SUPERVISOR
4-down – Just get the hell out of here! : LEGIT
5-down – Not a breath of fresh air for hoist sail to flap : HALITOSIS
6-down – Insensitive and stupid to change leader : NUMB
7-down – Gay or straight : MANTOMAN
8-down – Given account of island uprising by Hughes : NARRATED
13-down – Stripped clue with a pattern : PINSTRIPED
15-down – What they make is drunk and is very silly : VINEYARDS
16-down – O for a chance in the west : OCCIDENT
17-down – Good money to hear Your Majesty : GRANDEUR
19-down – Soup that’s a mile off maternal dedication : TOMYUM
20-down – Across and behind : ASTERN
23-down – Thanks sex deviant, with death a certainty : TAXES
24-down – Somehow justified excluding unhealthy diets at the peak : FUJI
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.