This crossword No. 25574 clues and answers were published on Sat 03 Mar 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25574 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – A number shout showing approval, when holding clubs in card game : PINOCLE
8-across – Dash after school orchestra : GAMELAN
9-across – My Family run through for the audience : SKUA
10-across – Fools a bird : SAPSUCKER
12-across – Comprehensive to remove uniform from budget : ALLOT
13-across – Displayed eggs by Spooner at exhibition : ROADSHOW
15-across – Bank providing heartless response : RELY
16-across – Secret service once carrying gong into battle : SOMME
17-across – Fight with witness : VIEW
18-across – Throw a bug into school : CATAPULT
20-across – Explain love’s effect : SOLVE
21-across – Soldiers given effective support : REINFORCE
22-across – Gather food : TUCK
24-across – Drunk? Open the liquor! : POTHEEN
25-across – Light hair regularly requires a grip : ARCLAMP
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Twist head off lizard : KINK
2-down – Type of fat cat — and where to find it? : TOMALLEY
3-down – Stop on the first Underground : CLOSET
4-down – Distant place endlessly eroded by flood : SATURATE
5-down – Animals, say, reared on cold island : GECKOS
6-down – Penny’s bearing twins! : PAIR
11-down – Ice is within safe limits : PERIMETER
12-down – Ground a bit of nutmeg into sphere : ARENA
14-down – Falstaffian part to be selected : OBESE
16-down – Fought to put small box over light source : SCUFFLED
17-down – Lively base straddling the equator? : VOLATILE
19-down – Fiery comic character created high tension : ALIGHT
20-down – Boat changes direction to procure drink : SHERRY
21-down – Cross street full of holes : ROOD
23-down – Adherents of flower power : CAMP
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.