This crossword No. 25628 clues and answers were published on Sat 05 May 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25628 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Man maybe clutching piano made of wood : MAPLE
4-across – Pickle these days eaten by soldier-sailor … : MARINADE
8-across – … the body of whom, on Monday, maybe with backing of science, has four laws : THERMODYNAMICS
10-across – Being without gun is way out : EXISTENT
11-across – Summons gets man to squirm : WRITHE
12-across – It is cargo used for a rave : ORGIASTIC
15-across – Jargon of monarch who starts with early music : CANTO
17-across – See 15 : FERMO
18-across – Very happy about Spanish relative being pale : ETIOLATED
19-across – No gentleman among spies is a chirpy creature : CICADA
21-across – County embracing software finds jewel : SAPPHIRE
24-across – Blue feathers retained by landfill sites : DOWNINTHEDUMPS
25-across – Feature purloined — nothing short of criminal : UNDERLIP
26-across – Provide for Macduff? : LAYON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Down to earth stuff removed from performance : MATTEROFFACT
2-down – Film director no good in top job : PREMINGER
3-down – Insect came across setter getting up first : EMMET
4-down – Shop girl finds eating area on the road : MIDINETTE
5-down – Grade the film magnate : RANK
6-down – Heath, after miners left, gives an order : NUMERICAL
7-down – The cost of education? : DUCAT
9-down – You must be Eve! : SECONDPERSON
13-down – Escape in Paris nearly to have a ball? : AVOIDANCE
14-down – No place for bull in tree covered with sack : CHINASHOP
16-down – Crazy one and crazy many for gathering : NUTSINMAY
20-down – Bird on pole as royal symbol : CROWN
22-down – Ring round top of digit requires lever : PEDAL
23-down – Indigo is a nothing : ANIL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.