This crossword No. 25097 clues and answers were published on Tue 24 Aug 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25097 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – A crew carrying cross for 24 down? : ALEXANDER
10-across – Service offering visa to cover island capital : PAPAL
11-across – Spinner’s maiden restricting single shows fibre : SISAL
12-across – Being English, two figures face to face with church : EXISTENCE
13-across – Something funny, perhaps, about wood — so put it on here? : BONFIRE
14-across – Lane hogged by drunk: he’s all on his own : SOLOIST
17-across – Some coppers : SOLDI
19-across – Arrange group : SET
20-across – Valid claim : RIGHT
21-across – Drop into open dish : LASAGNA
22-across – Loud speaker essential to 18 2 : STENTOR
24-across – One proving superior bringing about reprieval : PREVAILER
26-across – Hearts 18 2 : CORES
28-across – See 8 : PETER
29-across – Painting showing stock passing backwards through entrance to field : STILLLIFE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 10 : MASS
2-down – See 18 : REASON
3-down – Very exciting, filthy habit : NAILBITING
4-down – Pickled head on stick : ADHERE
5-down – Solution of nitrates present for a boy? : TRAINSET
6-down – Show contempt for doppelganger : SPIT
7-down – Punishment making you smart? : SPANKING
8-down – Flag when down, then fade : BLUE
13-down – Bottom rock needing bottom wiped : BASAL
15-down – Sweeping clears gale away : LARGESCALE
16-down – Leaving seconds, sample vegetable : TATER
18-down – Improper, or not essential, to take heed : LISTENTO
19-down – Pretty little individual wearing underwear, hot : SMALLISH
22-down – Snack, small, slightly stale beefcake? : SARNIE
23-down – Pompous bore with dull routine sent up : TURGID
24-down – Poet finds novelist burying his head : POPE
25-down – Open road superior to rail : AIRY
27-down – Crossword setter dropped : SHED
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.