This crossword No. 25836 clues and answers were published on Fri 04 Jan 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25836 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Opponent finished Old Course : ANTIPASTO
10-across – Trailblazing traveller left with another identity to tour Italy : LAIKA
11-across – Close to end of condiment that is something put on kipper? : NIGHTIE
12-across – Intellectual bachelor loves drunken snog : BOOKISH
13-across – Incline to keep reading and you might well! : LEARN
14-across – Fibbed half-heartedly, with lies perhaps generating this response : DISBELIEF
16-across – Religious official trying to convert Iraq, so intruding : GRANDINQUISITOR
19-across – Call up soldiers, colonel wanting one to get shocking treatment : RECOLLECT
21-across – More than one counter in taxicab adds the wrong way : ABACI
22-across – After Metamorphoses, Ovid was to issue a denial : DISAVOW
23-across – Unsettled person needing heavy metal, it goes without saying : PROVERB
24-across – Foreign currency racket completely disheartened auditor : DINAR
25-across – Judge needs a long time to go over close votes : REFERENDA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Elite nags, whipped into shape, run this : SAINTLEGER
2-down – Signs of suffering as Athenian character volunteers to accept budget, finally : STIGMATA
3-down – Revolting, like those going bare-chested? That’s right! : SPOTON
4-down – Wimbledon champion, not male : ASHE
5-down – What sustains a setter in trouble again, one constrained by censor : DOGBISCUIT
6-down – Are they flowery knickers? : BLOOMERS
7-down – One replacing good cycling holiday gear : BIKINI
8-down – Physicist is a tragic figure losing bet : MACH
14-down – The Godfather — major piece of art or utter tedium? : DONKEYWORK
15-down – Shakespearean warrior reportedly gave battle wearing ladies’ lingerie : FORTINBRAS
17-down – Labour’s conclusion: party ultimately scorned, getting sent up : DELIVERY
18-down – Member of oppressive regime thrashed a servant : TSAREVNA
20-down – Place for better business that’s like home inside : CASINO
21-down – American and British foreign affairs : AMOURS
22-down – One following pop art movement : DADA
23-down – Winning over with very loud praise : PUFF
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.