This crossword No. 25642 clues and answers were published on Tue 22 May 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25642 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Era primarily old, life without iron, not quite Neanderthal — was it? : EOLITHIC
9-across – County where soldier’s on edge : ANTRIM
10-across – Throw back first bits of trash into my old skip : OMIT
11-across – Loudly complain, rep plonked contents here? : WINECELLAR
12-across – A sign about double parking in Middle Eastern city : ALEPPO
14-across – Ideas set out in part of the metropolis : EASTSIDE
15-across – Like base about which sort of gas rises : ASCENDS
17-across – 3’s fix with dance champion : PINBALL
20-across – A stroke of genius: staff heard of sound! : ACOUSTIC
22-across – Writer gets to attempt creative writing : POETRY
23-across – 3’s alternative : SUBSTITUTE
24-across – Smack for party : BASH
25-across – 3’s fury about genders understandable, ultimately : IMFREE
26-across – 3’s music, bag of tricks? : MAGICBUS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 4 : FORMILES
2-down – Coin that’s fragrant : MINT
3-down – Group’s unlimited character to hack into? : THEWHO
4-down – 3’s normal fees I foolishly invested in sweets : ICANSEE
5-down – More than one flower exists either way beneath upturned bush with no berry? : NARCISSI
6-down – Useful flipping herb, pointless when trimmed round it : UTILISABLE
7-down – See 17 : WIZARD
13-down – Victim stabbed by the blinking thing earlier : PRECURSORY
16-down – Described like the Three Blind Mice? : DETAILED
18-down – Caper and egg plant : LARKSPUR
19-down – Nasty about right for lovely! : SCRUMMY
21-down – Rotten cold before game : CRUMMY
22-down – Extraction of principled gentlemen’s agreement : PLEDGE
24-down – Second ago : BACK
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.