This crossword No. 25778 clues and answers were published on Sat 27 Oct 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25778 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Note down something in bed : FLOWER
4-across – 1 across finding fault with bully : COWSLIP
9-across – Medium discharge, maximum in obstreperous camels : ECTOPLASM
10-across – 1 across’s Antarctic expedition? : STOUR
11-across – Strongly maintain small 1 across : SWEAR
12-across – 1 acrosses border river in places : PRIMROSES
13-across – A conspirator twisted at first, seeking plant : ARBUTUS
15-across – 1 across having to kiss a redhead : NECKAR
17-across – The way to have a relative balance : STASIS
19-across – 1 across experienced UN’s absence at the front : DERWENT
22-across – Tiredness certainly in use of retina? : EYESTRAIN
24-across – 1 across more likely to win, leader dropping off : ASTER
26-across – Just around the corner, diet? : LOCAL
27-across – 1 across one’s to discover behind new line : NARCISSUS
28-across – Skill of a tennis player pinches prize on the backhand? : TOPSPIN
29-across – Open unimaginative starter, prawn cocktail : UNWRAP
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 1 across lets ya out, say : FREESIA
2-down – Bizarre off and on : OUTRE
3-down – 1 across risen, there’s a cuckoo circling : EUPHRATES
4-down – 1 across, hero missing rugby posts : CAMPION
5-down – 1 across gets to stitch up monarch : WESER
6-down – Prided hair is on male that’s wild, covering top of neck : LIONSMANE
7-down – Study the country’s economy, primarily : PERUSE
8-down – Joint where tenor almost swallows piano : CARPUS
14-down – 1 across’s bottom half set on a stool, we hear? : BUTTERCUP
16-down – 1 across for motor race : CARNATION
18-down – 1 across being quiet in the year, forlorn ultimately : SHANNON
19-down – Man with a tough guy image ironed pants : DENIRO
20-down – More than one vessel among sheep arrives : TURNSUP
21-down – Drink problem out of season, fate ensuing : MERLOT
23-down – 1 across, everyone can see, left in dump : TULIP
25-down – Clip from Bardot, a serious stunner : TASER
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.