This crossword No. 25954 clues and answers were published on Wed 22 May 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25954 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Intellectual finds bromine in food : CEREBRAL
9-across – American gangster entertains union leader? That’s common! : USUAL
10-across – Bottom of the barrel : BUTT
11-across – Defensive measure to tie game : DRAWBRIDGE
12-across – Partisan located outside Iraqi capital : BIASED
14-across – Former partners keep pamphlet of selected passages : EXTRACTS
15-across – Movement formed by a poet : ANDANTE
17-across – Landing area supervisor admitting insolence : HELIPAD
20-across – Unwanted sewers start to split : NEEDLESS
22-across – Nose around worker’s storeroom : PANTRY
23-across – Is this damn development random? : HITANDMISS
24-across – One Italian female pursues tons of fish : TUNA
25-across – God has a name that has a point : THORN
26-across – Employers’ leader cracked, having been fitted up : EQUIPPED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Used loin in a stew? That’s fancy! : DELUSION
2-down – Remains quiet : REST
3-down – Turkey’s dead, cooked and sold : TRADED
4-down – Charlie gets poorer daily : CLEANER
5-down – Bake buns — hate cooking : SUNBATHE
6-down – Thinking of motorway in disrepair : RUMINATION
7-down – Land on fire : ALIGHT
13-down – Bloomer makes game prolong : SNAPDRAGON
16-down – Taking steps in tango lesson : TREADING
18-down – A way to keep one’s products organised : ARRANGED
19-down – Longs for unrestrained praises : ASPIRES
21-down – Checks about a hundred Fiats : EDICTS
22-down – Ignore youngster eating a little horse : PASSUP
24-down – It’s best put on Indian’s head : TOPI
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.