This crossword No. 25863 clues and answers were published on Tue 05 Feb 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25863 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – It takes months to boil off : DECOCT
4-across – Shuffle, say, round well to find creeper : ISOPOD
9-across – Spotted old Whig close to Tory : FOXY
10-across – Doctor saw one overhead, circling : ONCOLOGIST
11-across – Muddles ahead in M6 shambles : MIXUPS
12-across – Firm recalled watchmaker at noon for special event : OCCASION
13-across – What bailiffs do with bias? Scratch head : REPOSSESS
15-across – Dazzling display in Port Talbot at the front : RIOT
16-across – Smell ship’s captain : BOSS
17-across – Native Americans caught lion — hunt’s over : CHEROKEES
21-across – I fill small beer with more punch : SPORTIER
22-across – Ring teams to corral a large sorrel : OXALIS
24-across – In today’s game make a big hash to start : NOUGHTSAND
25-across – Steers by intercepting one mobile : OXEN
26-across – Yankee gets on with the German over there : YONDER
27-across – Extremely easy-going officer accepts cuts : LAXEST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Some say stain leather in compound : DIOXIDE
2-down – Reserved costlier mounts for fur supplier : COYPU
3-down – See 24 : CROSSES
5-down – Bloodhound, I think, ignored trash : SHLOCK
6-down – Old shabby togs the best clothes for bouncer : POGOSTICK
7-down – Runs I’d built up in scramble : DISTORT
8-down – The house opposite has decorators busy : ACROSSTHEROAD
14-down – Uneasy with this hormone, rep produces progesterone : OESTROGEN
16-down – Using agent before enlisting expert in axes : BYPROXY
18-down – Royal duke visits car maker in part of Wales : RHONDDA
19-down – Demanding dope during leave : EXIGENT
20-down – This pot some occasionally steal : TIPTOE
23-down – Sailor abandons mollusc for sole : ALONE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.