This crossword No. 25626 clues and answers were published on Thu 03 May 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25626 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Huge prophet passes slowly through a barrier : OSMOSES
5-across – Increase of status within university publisher : CRANKUP
9-across – Give up supporting game : FORGO
10-across – Where to obtain luxury fabrics free : ATLIBERTY
11-across – ___ but they can’t fly in this bit of the farmyard! : CHICKENRUN
12-across – We don’t want you here! : SHOO
14-across – A tinted menu — somehow it’s amusing and instructive : EDUTAINMENT
18-across – One has conjured a vision: Adam and Eve with hair unkempt : IHAVEADREAM
21-across – River of Eden towards the end : AVON
22-across – A peck, maybe, is what you get with dull old dance : DRYMEASURE
25-across – One girl about to be grabbed by unwanted person expects the worst : PESSIMIST
26-across – The man in pub rejected treatment for alcoholics? : REHAB
27-across – Poem in English — suggestion there’s nothing good in it : ECLOGUE
28-across – A Red felt almost out of place in the Union? : FEDERAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Not liking formality in the workplace : OFFICE
2-down – Bird trying to keep a low profile when interrupted by the man of 18 : MARTIN
3-down – Irish operator is such a person in trade : SHOPKEEPER
4-down – Country ending with debts and distress : SPAIN
5-down – Reckon copper in visit gets scoffed : CALCULATE
6-down – Father of four confessing 18 : ABBA
7-down – Child that is clothed in cut cloth : KERCHIEF
8-down – Port making one move the facial muscles? : PLYMOUTH
13-down – Maybe Bristol politician getting exposed is not suffering any damage : UNIMPAIRED
15-down – Wreck a French winter coat crossing Germany : UNDERMINE
16-down – City presenting huge temptation for gardener : BIGAPPLE
17-down – Party song going round America : CAROUSAL
19-down – See 2 : LUTHER
20-down – It’s said to be very short ’orticultural book : VERBAL
23-down – Special symbol must be suitable with national award being set up : MOTIF
24-down – See 2 : KING
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.