This crossword No. 9725 clues and answers were published on Wed 04 Jul 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9725 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Mean and dirty : SQUALID
8-across – Ideally perfect, but impracticable : UTOPIAN
9-across – Whole number : INTEGER
10-across – Exalt : ENNOBLE
11-across – Splendour : ECLAT
13-across – Hypocritical : INSINCERE
15-across – Formality : STIFFNESS
18-across – Mean – drunk : TIGHT
21-across – No longer burning : EXTINCT
22-across – Raise : ELEVATE
23-across – Fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet : OMICRON
24-across – Diminish : DETRACT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Pigs : SWINE
2-down – To the time that : UNTIL
3-down – Mobile foot soldiers : LIGHTINFANTRY
4-down – Compulsion by use of force : DURESS
5-down – The : DOWNINGSTREET
6-down – Agile : NIMBLE
7-down – Supplementary building : ANNEXE
12-down – Price : COST
14-down – Marsh plant – fly : RUSH
15-down – A solid alcohol : STEROL
16-down – Discover instinctively – Ti unit : INTUIT
17-down – Stretch : EXTEND
19-down – Tropical tree with yellow fruit : GUAVA
20-down – River at Stoke and Burton : TRENT
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.