This crossword No. 25742 clues and answers were published on Sat 15 Sep 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25742 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Environmentalists such as Ethel Merman and Thomas Hardy? : TREEHUGGERS
9-across – Disconcert Arsenal without using wingers, gaining victory in Europe : UNNERVE
10-across – Return of ice in one point three times as slippery? : EELLIKE
11-across – Aid for tourists in Edinburgh’s good online reading material : GUIDEBOOK
12-across – Spike Milligan, finally covered in for good : PRONG
13-across – Weapon available from around threepence : EPEE
14-across – One making declaration in a counter-revolutionary fashion : ENUNCIATOR
16-across – Strange I should tan poorly : OUTLANDISH
19-across – Body establishing English broadcasts, originally : BEEB
20-across – Desirable but unattainable ladies, mostly out to lunch : IDEAL
21-across – Before returning toilet roll to soft bit of furniture … : FOOTSTOOL
23-across – … heads for mugs of no-good drinks : NOGGINS
24-across – Fairy ring finally seen where moon is nearest to us : PERIGEE
25-across – Spooner’s cursed pig will cheat : HORNSWOGGLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Measure of stress that can be absorbed by three nestlings about to take flight at last : TENSILESTRENGTH
2-down – Right one, hiding in central point in nest : EYRIE
3-down – Ring in when dancing includes party dance : HOEDOWN
4-down – One getting in a pickle from using her Kindle : GHERKIN
5-down – Golfer circling edge of hole is … : ELLIPSIS
6-down – … in soft enough ground, accepting initially even the error exiting the trap? : SLIPOFTHETONGUE
7-down – Person who can’t spell anoints new members of old sect : MUGGLETONIANS
8-down – Breakfast item in pub’s left one entering complaint: Is hard to swallow : BEGGARSBELIEF
15-down – Liberal’s surprisingly more gutsy : BALLSIER
17-down – Removes tension from simmering feud, overseas area excepted : DEFUSES
18-down – Car horn very good in snow, oddly : SCORPIO
22-down – Childless male, shortly to produce child : SPROG
This crossword has in total 26 where 14 are across and 12 are down.