This crossword No. 25025 clues and answers were published on Tue 01 Jun 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25025 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bettering the baker by almost 50%, being a livestock auctioneer, say? : TALKING
5-across – Stressed, Red backed out, yet to show signs of ageing : UNLINED
9-across – See 1 : DOZEN
10-across – As a violinist might perform improvised signals at party : GLISSANDO
11-across – Not looking embarrassed about what you hope to do to this up in the air : UNRESOLVED
12-across – See 24 : STOP
14-across – Crushing shame — not lead — poisons us : HOMOSAPIENS
18-across – A place for singers, when displaced, to crash — Lil’s : CHOIRSTALLS
21-across – Many blades needed in the making of this material : LAWN
22-across – Declamatory Charlie about to snare a party follower : RHETORICAL
25-across – Unstable blue rocks in wind start to totter : TURBULENT
26-across – Spike’s bluff : POINT
27-across – Breaks : RESULTS
28-across – Team tennis star performing : EVERTON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Spiritualist Miles knocked out by tense routine : TEDIUM
2-down – Fat protecting a grizzly’s heart monitor? : LIZARD
3-down – Sky region broadcast poison at this point : IONOSPHERE
4-down – Author’s description of erotic dancer, live : GOGOL
5-down – Five earth-filled urinals, recycling all-inclusive : UNIVERSAL
6-down – Dumb, so no good at Scrabble? : LOST
7-down – See 1 across : NINETEEN
8-down – Act : DOORPOST
13-down – Sign of letter dropped in the post, or a dodgy p for t : APOSTROPHE
15-down – Having no rival, so unable to strike : MATCHLESS
16-down – Old record kept by courts about Moore, say : SCULPTOR
17-down – See 6 : FORWORDS
19-down – Crisp, gruesome plot ending as basis for a film? : SCRIPT
20-down – Skilfully dumping a heavyweight writer : BLYTON
23-down – See 1 across : TOTHE
24-down – Dot’s loaded — flipping piles of money : FULL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.