This crossword No. 24890 clues and answers were published on Wed 23 Dec 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 24890 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Beastly schoolmate misbehaved, caught out : LOATHSOME
10-across – View missing page one: it’ll make you weep : ONION
11-across – Extra spinner with bounce essentially in turn : ADJUNCT
12-across – A girl’s ugly husband’s rather big : LARGISH
13-across – Pound’s variable during long period : EZRA
14-across – Dog collars cat in interminable mad hothouse production : PLUMTOMATO
16-across – Peacekeepers for the most part ceding current base : UNMANLY
17-across – Irish poet Russell considered effervescent : AERATED
19-across – Rings about going to meet the King’s No. 1 : ALLSHOOKUP
22-across – She ends programme with a somersault : EMMA
24-across – Struggles to make Betsy beefy, for instance : EFFORTS
25-across – I’m with my Roman counterpart, tucking into extremely dubious appetisers : DIMSUMS
26-across – Bad news for Wimbledon players? : NONET
27-across – Point to kid eating one in each dish : ENCHILADA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Charity appeal that follows increase in seasonal fare : PLEASEPUTAPENNY
2-down – Herb Simpson tumbled in grass : MARJORAM
3-down – What my dog may do when I go out : WHINE
4-down – Local legwear that is scrubbed for Terry : HOSTELRY
5-down – Top-level luminary keeps hide for writing : VELLUM
6-down – It may be put in restaurant’s pot pourri mixed with rose tip to mask pong : POURBOIRE
7-down – Glass-maker with degree builds Roman church : SILICA
8-down – See 1 : INTHEOLDMANSHAT
15-down – Is he in the middle of nowhere at odds with creation? : ANCHORITE
17-down – Water-carrier died in a never-ending line at court : AQUEDUCT
18-down – Seafood dishes or rump steak cooked with no rump : TEMPURAS
20-down – Irish novelist’s devotee in Romanian capital : LEFANU
21-down – When man quits monastery abroad he’s tight-lipped : OYSTER
23-down – Old blend in Italy 2009 : IMMIX
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.