This crossword No. 572 clues and answers were published on Sun 03 Sep 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 572 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Demand persistently : INSIST
4-across – Severe : STRICT
9-across – Passenger seat : PILLION
10-across – Drive back : REPEL
11-across – Vivid, sensational : LURID
12-across – Repeat : ITERATE
13-across – Dramatic nerves : STAGEFRIGHT
18-across – Walk leisurely : SAUNTER
20-across – Services’ chaplain : PADRE
22-across – Federation : UNION
23-across – Patent medicine : NOSTRUM
24-across – Obtain by force : EXTORT
25-across – Seemly, respectable : DECENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Pierce, run through : IMPALE
2-down – Of the sun : SOLAR
3-down – Noisy disturbance : SHINDIG
5-down – Curt, concise : TERSE
6-down – Arraign : IMPEACH
7-down – Bank employee : TELLER
8-down – Uninterested : INDIFFERENT
14-down – Tripper, sightseer : TOURIST
15-down – Deadlock, stalemate : IMPASSE
16-down – Take for granted : ASSUME
17-down – Allow : PERMIT
19-down – Male voice : TENOR
21-down – Lament : DIRGE
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.