This crossword No. 25428 clues and answers were published on Thu 15 Sep 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25428 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Immobilise dog or duck : PINTAIL
5-across – Lover of drama getting married? Just the opposite : ANTONYM
9-across – Top general brought back to cover cross-country leader : EXCEL
10-across – Find out by way of Cartesian integration : ASCERTAIN
11-across – Drink tea with American in plane? : CHARTREUSE
12-across – New cast play parts : ACTS
14-across – Backing too much for musicians with one knocker? : OPPORTUNITY
18-across – Heads for building opposite the Tate — one room is for old masters : BOTTICELLIS
21-across – Running through concerto in a bygone era : ONCE
22-across – Farm workers shed, if land is developed : FIELDHANDS
25-across – Number 5 comes forward to grab check material : VELVETEEN
26-across – No parking in front of club, say : UTTER
27-across – Woman turning to husband in boat : DOROTHY
28-across – Market town supplying meat on 24 and 31 December? : EVESHAM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Supporter with cigarette ends is 23 : PIERCE
2-down – Delicious drink in centre of Birmingham cheers Rex : NECTAR
3-down – A couple of lines? Old line on map taking more than one form : ALLOTROPIC
4-down – Don’t take what’s taken on departure : LEAVE
5-down – 23 tars at sea, coming down a line? : ANCESTRAL
6-down – Wrong time or right time for starters : TORT
7-down – Denoting a region not far from Connecticut, originally in Canada : NEARCTIC
8-down – My need is desperate for fancy situation : MINDSEYE
13-down – Reckon you once must be content with ultimate in state pension : GUESTHOUSE
15-down – Abstract, see? Just so! : PRECISELY
16-down – Bad sort possessing crack is acquitted : ABSOLVED
17-down – Particular person may be second one catching trout : STICKLER
19-down – Melodic fragment is small, of course : SNATCH
20-down – Ringleader captured in a feigned retreat : ASHRAM
23-down – Cut necessitated by knight losing fortune? : LANCE
24-down – Former PM’s majority in preliminary round : HEAT
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.