This crossword No. 25039 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Jun 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25039 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A basic idea is to find god : ANUBIS
5-across – Effluent blocking pipe a little bit : SCRAPING
9-across – Land taken over to strangle weed almost producing flowers : NARCISSI
10-across – Negligence evident, no clergy carrying the cross : LAXITY
11-across – Old politician drinking something up, a traditional wisdom for drinking tale : WHISKYGALORE
13-across – See 15 : BUTT
14-across – This regulates flow, given Spooner’s police funds? : STOPCOCK
17-across – If secret’s out, becoming most aggressive : FIERCEST
18-across – US exclamation about 25, which is clarified : GHEE
20-across – Half-cut pig recalling model with centre parting and her, one with a filthy mind : PORNOGRAPHER
23-across – Whatever it is to accomplish, nothing held back : DOODAH
24-across – One’s stable, though angriest when unstable : INERTGAS
25-across – One on the table? : HYDROGEN
26-across – Cutting round something to bend that’s grey : DREARY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Straight for the bull : NEAT
3-down – O2H? : BACKWATER
4-down – Bird with runner sliding into iniquity : SISKIN
5-down – Jam? : STICKYSITUATION
6-down – Faith, that is, girl turned on : RELIGION
7-down – Choose unit, say, for unit on box : PIXEL
8-down – Ball-breaker sounding sweet? : NUTCRACKER
12-down – Study noted and barred? : MUSICOLOGY
15-down – Well, a soldier retiring through minor injury given little time, one consigned to the gutter? : CIGARETTE
16-down – Animal duck gets to corner : HEDGEHOG
19-down – Pass through the Strand : THREAD
21-down – Low point from adaptation of The King and I : NADIR
22-down – Lovely show : FAIR
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.