This crossword No. 25636 clues and answers were published on Tue 15 May 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25636 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sort of party backed by great fictional character : GATSBY
4-across – Have no truck with tender? Endlessly one moves wagons : SHUNTER
9-across – Criminal doesn’t aim for prison : MAIDSTONE
10-across – Shop closing early before mass attack : STORM
11-across – Catcher in novel also first for Salinger : LASSO
12-across – Oldest measure for horse — from its mouth? : FIRSTHAND
13-across – Smarter rabbit comprehending one : NATTIER
15-across – Spread bad news about Turkey : STREWN
17-across – Light fitment in the old days : SCONCE
19-across – Nuts deserve to be cut off : SEVERED
22-across – Treaty or pact oddly ignored by state capital : CONCORDAT
24-across – True capital of Mayan kingdom : REALM
26-across – Delicacies half-cooked for Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar : ELCID
27-across – Stand for show again? : REPRESENT
28-across – Woman from the loony left? Not so! : MILDRED
29-across – Patient’s beginning 7 — not finishing drugs before operation : PREMED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Plucky lyrist’s first to join an Asian ensemble : GAMELAN
2-down – Kindling catches on : TWIGS
3-down – European houses to New Englander : BOSTONIAN
4-down – Mountainous areas in the middle of Russia on the radio : SIERRAS
5-down – Trouble in college with group of students : UPSET
6-down – Hard worker going over green in which horse was present : TROJANWAR
7-down – Correct bit of metal piping goes outside : REMEDY
8-down – Box camera originally taken by volunteer : COFFER
14-down – Catch line that’s knotted with a sort of hitch : TECHNICAL
16-down – Boater, possibly, may be seen in Durham : RIVERWEAR
18-down – Bore, extremely unpopular, stopping over : ENDURED
19-down – Don’t go to bed — sleepyhead exercises! : SITUPS
20-down – Given inferior status, daughter displayed strong feelings : DEMOTED
21-down – Hoot about being taken in by swindle : SCREAM
23-down – Marshal may be tall? : ORDER
25-down – Top group didn’t fast before noon : ATEAM
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.