This crossword No. 25200 clues and answers were published on Wed 22 Dec 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25200 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Something clutched at, with the way unprepared to take half of us : STRAWS
4-across – As Scott’s wretch would finally be with peacekeepers dismantling guns : UNSUNG
9-across – Spur on first of parrots on perch : PROD
10-across – What the compere will do with stunted beast and how he’s removed : RUNTHESHOW
11-across – Oddball wants to perform on dam : WEIRDO
12-across – Perfect order, but not before bed : APPLEPIE
13-across – Fellows get credit for something soothing : CHAPSTICK
15-across – Call children requiring transport : RING
16-across – End of film out now? Cut! : MOWN
17-across – : BRACKETED
21-across – Shire rents? : HIRESOUT
22-across – Unexpectedly, he’s leaving her on way to the country : NORWAY
24-across – Following little brother, boy takes it on nervously having entered illegally : BROKENINTO
25-across – Food is taken in by Lawrence : DISH
26-across – A miner’s pick? : DIGGER
27-across – He reversed clamp around the bottom : BEHIND
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Scream coming from church under landslip : SCREECH
2-down – Horseman’s qualification : RIDER
3-down – Resolve to have some exercise : WORKOUT
5-down – Hoon improved by exercise? No chance! : NOHOPE
6-down – After taking a turn, upset listener is liable to become infected : UNSTERILE
7-down – Like 8, I long to be travelling with Georgia : GAOLING
8-down – Locking up in vehicle, reacting strangely : INCARCERATING
14-down – Keep word about government initially — it’s potentially explosive! : POWDERKEG
16-down – Readmit tipsy restaurant manager : MAITRED
18-down – Turn a blind eye to scam fellow employed at the start : CONDONE
19-down – Passed by, pleased to be moving : ELAPSED
20-down – Bob, a bachelor, carries little weight : BOUNCE
23-down – More than one spoke of Roger’s plug on TV — two! : RADII
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.