This crossword No. 25273 clues and answers were published on Fri 18 Mar 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25273 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Ineffective exhortation to inveterate consumer : USELESS
5-across – One of two, level with each other : ABREAST
10-across – Scampering round army base : CAMP
11-across – Foul-smelling but safe aid to a curry : ASAFOETIDA
12-across – Approach plughole : ADVENT
13-across – Wanted to have fashionable party in US, too : INDEMAND
14-across – Outstandingly successful detective presents one with a bill : GOLDENEYE
16-across – Regularly gobbles suet and fat : OBESE
17-across – Health clubs get Frenchman fit : SPASM
19-across – Many in City chase rise during crisis : EMERGENCY
23-across – An East European to be stifled by no French emperor! : NAPOLEON
24-across – Children, finally house-trained, remove footwear : UNSHOE
26-across – Very ugly female novelist makes something to eat : GORGONZOLA
27-across – Interested in me? Sadly not : INTO
28-across – Thin and angular, as Arachne became : SPIDERY
29-across – Gastropod consisting of muscle only : ABALONE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Someone unnamed and intrinsically average : SOANDSO
3-down – Drop round to see one off : LAPSE
4-down – Rigorous dispute with Brown : SPARTAN
6-down – Bally silly, old boy! : BLOODY
7-down – After time in the Bronx one can be worthy of respect : ESTIMABLE
8-down – Short tracks containing warbles about a little girl : SIDINGS
9-down – Early on I’m Norma, not a bad actress : MARILYNMONROE
15-down – Threw up and expired, having secretly knocked back spirits : DISGORGED
18-down – Pupae, cooked and thus consumed, make a hearty dish : PEASOUP
20-down – Rival horticulturalists initially united to dig for food : RHUBARB
21-down – Against eating grub as an accompaniment to 18? : CROUTON
22-down – Bill has thrown up stomach contents : TENNER
25-down – Serene spirit comes from this : STILL
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.