This crossword No. 25739 clues and answers were published on Wed 12 Sep 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25739 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
4-across – Writer’s dog : BARKER
6-across – Writer is greeting spiritual leader, not entirely old : ISHIGURO
9-across – Writer, a figure in the red : ATWOOD
10-across – Flier, deserter, or a deserting flier? : MIGRATOR
11-across – Shot directly at a number of farm animals : DAIRYCATTLE
15-across – Writer needs race to stop : RUSHDIE
17-across – Writer in a cryptic crossword setter : NAIPAUL
18-across – Attendants semi-dressed, including daughter in plaits : BRIDESMAIDS
22-across – Dark gold, reversible hat : SOMBRERO
23-across – Writer’s report of fast food : BERGER
24-across – Aversion evident ultimately in almost total catastrophe : DISTASTE
25-across – Writer’s report of farm buildings : BARNES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – School breaks near plant : BETONY
2-down – Swimming round ship, cat in sea requires help : ASSISTANCE
3-down – Old statesman is taking regular slices of bread into shop : DISRAELI
4-down – Bags from which beer initially runs : BLADDERS
5-down – Editors, furious about review, finally becoming most unruly : ROWDIEST
7-down – No more than four, not for opt-out : UPTO
8-down – Writer took risks, to some extent : OKRI
12-down – Improve material with one gutless novel : AMELIORATE
13-down – Finally submitting account the wrong way, drinks from Paris and London follow : CAVINGIN
14-down – Luton’s foremost orchestra breaking into music etc, a hotchpotch : ALLSORTS
16-down – Dog gets to perform with parent in capital city : DOBERMAN
19-down – Writer’s rodents, one less pale : MCEWAN
20-down – All concluding sudoku is done and spent : USED
21-down – Writer improperly abridged : AMIS
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.