This crossword No. 25942 clues and answers were published on Wed 08 May 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25942 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Obstructed editors going after troublemaker : IMPEDED
5-across – House records for believers in complex systems : HOLISTS
9-across – Attempts to capture queen and rooks, perhaps : BIRDS
10-across – Record supporter during play, having run wildly into disorderly battle : TURNTABLE
11-across – Spotting part of problem is hinge : BLEMISHING
12-across – Thing of little value — copy many answers here without a break : DOIT
14-across – Comic annual is hit for some Europeans : LITHUANIANS
18-across – Practical, as one is prone to be, facing garden? : DOWNTOEARTH
21-across – General name for group of plants as fuel, we hear : COLE
22-across – What young man may do in spring or autumn with current novel’s revision : FALLINLOVE
25-across – Sign pointing towards hotel not on? Absolutely : TOTHEHILT
26-across – Soundly beats it as a source of irritation : FLEAS
27-across – Stops some who believe in creator taking son in : DESISTS
28-across – Foreigner occupying street, striking : SALIENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Consume minute fish that is put outside : IMBIBE
2-down – Queen holding up one drink or another : PORTER
3-down – Whisky, for instance, I even now put in fruit : DISTILLATE
4-down – Partner speaking slangily in European language : DUTCH
5-down – A lot of grim vexation about university lecturer who’s aggressive? : HARANGUER
6-down – Provides accommodation and reasons for reserving? : LETS
7-down – Part of a reckoning, but a lot’s going wrong : SUBTOTAL
8-down – Most pleasant minute in second trial : SWEETEST
13-down – Not appreciating multinational group taking a lot of fuel around hospital : UNTHANKFUL
15-down – Ways of treating broken heart with culinary treats : THERAPIES
16-down – Learned gold coin in river turned up : EDUCATED
17-down – Centuries for MCC, for example : TWELFTHS
19-down – Stick together with male in centre : COHERE
20-down – County with indefinable quality in which one may live : BEDSIT
23-down – Neighbours of 14 or 6, say : LETTS
24-down – Busy people in great musical trio, so-called : BEES
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.