This crossword No. 25373 clues and answers were published on Wed 13 Jul 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25373 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Taste a little lamb in something curried : FLAVOUR
5-across – Very large maternal pair leaving emergency room : MAMMOTH
9-across – Pair of smalls flying from foreign embassy, perhaps : MAYBE
10-across – Catty talk? B___ off, it’s irritating : ITCHINESS
11-across – Eccentric moving to Honduras after losing a second farm animal : UNORTHODOX
12-across – Large animals start to hibernate in right-wing country : BLUE
14-across – Very large animal initially kept in pen : ELEPHANTINE
18-across – Part of brain for studying large animals? : HIPPOCAMPUS
21-across – Large animal found in very large numbers : LION
22-across – Point in golf shoes sporting pimple effect? : GOOSEFLESH
25-across – Over in Ascot, a Romanian lover : INAMORATO
26-across – Speed reached by large animal : RATEL
27-across – Bomb found in garden near deer, oddly enough : GRENADE
28-across – Former model consumed by unfulfilled animal urges : EXHORTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Well-known fellow, largely an animal : FAMOUS
2-down – He’s first on way out, at least : ANYHOW
3-down – Bottom’s part, taking full expression too far : OVERTHETOP
4-down – Large animals do OK with what may get up one’s nose : RHINO
5-down – Electronic component beginning to make one large animal cool : MICROCHIP
6-down – Animal without wings, swimming in the sea : MAIN
7-down – Covered once again, face up : OVERLAID
8-down – 10 in head’s strangely gone more quickly : HASTENED
13-down – Off/on, hard/soft etc : ANDSOFORTH
15-down – Female animal in poem not having its tail disappear : EVAPORATE
16-down – Scary, meatless breed of cattle : CHILLING
17-down – Mounted odd piece in Tate Modern : UPTODATE
19-down – Large animal devours Lawrence, member of shooting party : BEATER
20-down – See 12 : WHALES
23-down – See 4 : SCOPE
24-down – Girl in the middle of wearing very large animal’s head : ROSA
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.