This crossword No. 25504 clues and answers were published on Tue 13 Dec 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25504 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Slow-moving pair of tramps, each admitting cheeky love : BUMPERTOBUMPER
9-across – One putting up store in private : INNKEEPER
10-across – Perhaps one with horn : RHINO
11-across – Concert to break a leg : GIGOT
12-across – Mao and Stalin built walled city : SAINTMALO
13-across – Game not hard for the uneducated? : PEASANTS
14-across – A maths problem gives rise to complaint : ASTHMA
17-across – We murmur a short reply : HUMANS
19-across – Supply cable possibly halved : FLEXIBLY
22-across – Artist sanctuary’s special delight : RARETREAT
24-across – Dad’s half-hearted spiel : PATER
25-across – Friend to travel on a motorway : AMIGO
26-across – With gene mutation in the lead, church gets retaliation : VENGEANCE
27-across – Fruit tickles my fancy: it’s good for a starter : FIRSTTIMELUCKY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Double raise includes article to come last : BRINGUPTHEREAR
2-down – Folk get on as trio somehow : MENAGEA
3-down – Knackered retina? Yes. : EYESTRAIN
4-down – Kind at first, then hardens and prepares for printing : TYPESETS
5-down – White Christmas dreamer to stay at home holding hands : BERLIN
6-down – Deserve entire mark-up? No, just some of it : MERIT
7-down – Grave words from some decrepit aphorist : EPITAPH
8-down – Legal officer accepts a right platter, served up by unknown vital supplier : CORONARYARTERY
15-down – It cuts up apple crumble : SEXAPPEAL
16-down – A container in very good metal : PLATINUM
18-down – 70% island drink : MARTINI
20-down – Second action plan in relation to plants : BOTANIC
21-down – Develop heart surgeon’s material : VELVET
23-down – See 2 : TROIS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.