This crossword No. 25959 clues and answers were published on Tue 28 May 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25959 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Uppity tramp, devout, hogging entrance to temple : BUMPTIOUS
6-across – Go mad backwards : STAB
10-across – Surfeit of blood and guts originally included : GORGE
11-across – Dubious sources of early English texts, sacred and profane : DESECRATE
12-across – Statesman swapping energy for a mystic symbol : MANDALA
13-across – Set out to be 22d by faithful steward : TRUSTEE
14-across – Hat and belt converted into shady American bit of military hardware : STEALTHBOMBER
17-across – Par for Windsor flag? : ROYALSTANDARD
21-across – Huge flop — catastrophic — no good looking on the bright side : HOPEFUL
22-across – Shed returning couple’s gesture of affection : EMBRACE
24-across – Talking dog left eating hard black dumpling : DOUGHBALL
25-across – A Parisian twosome, almost de trop : UNDUE
26-across – Wherewithal to get stoned or pissed? : WEED
27-across – Old dykes from which ship’s past can be reconstructed : SAPPHISTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Two-timer — big-time — taking in foreign friends : BIGAMIST
2-down – Idiot and person of faith losing marbles, initially : MORON
3-down – Doth Hosea have thy date off? — well dodgy Biblical location : THEVALLEYOFTHE
4-down – See 3 : OFDEATH
5-down – Soothes twisted tongue : SESOTHO
7-down – Eatery offering up tune with egregious skill : TRATTORIA
8-down – Drink manufacturer’s little brown jug : BREWER
9-down – Onset of sudden infatuation involving frottage with bishop’s cleaning equipment : SCRUBBINGBRUSH
15-down – Delight composer, backing virgin keeping quiet, finally : ENRAPTURE
16-down – Little man’s insides corrupted by sloth? : IDLENESS
18-down – Teletubby introducing student to Poles’ dialect : LALLANS
19-down – Head lice possibly infesting cyclist’s accoutrement : TOECLIP
20-down – See 3 : SHADOW
23-down – Lofty peaks in African desert : ANDES
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.