This crossword No. 25874 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Feb 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25874 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Ground and house might be theirs : LANDLORDS
6-across – Scratch starter? : ITCH
8-across – Cock-a-hoop, still following City : ECSTATIC
9-across – The short answer about foreign capital : ATHENS
10-across – Note the world shortage : DEARTH
11-across – Ill-disposed ladies to be separated : ISOLATED
12-across – Unfriendly country, we hear : CHILLY
15-across – Unnecessary to curtail one’s requirements : NEEDLESS
16-across – Old coach station : VICTORIA
19-across – Part of the Mass is identified with St Francis : ASSISI
21-across – Embraces sweetheart and wives : ESPOUSES
22-across – Mountain retreat needs freezer for fish : PLAICE
24-across – Orphan who was accepted as a Wolf Cub : MOWGLI
25-across – Producing elastic : YIELDING
26-across – Worst — and best! : BEAT
27-across – One step up from the gutter : KERBSTONE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – No end of good fortune concerning money : LUCRE
2-down – Living in the wild, not a flat : NATURAL
3-down – Drop a catch in the close : LATCH
4-down – Disturbance in court, perhaps : RUCTION
5-down – Propose a broadcast on a serial TV drama : SOAPOPERA
6-down – Elisha ordered to take in male Biblical outcast : ISHMAEL
7-down – Agreement to study population count is announced : CONSENSUS
13-down – A drop of the hard stuff : HAILSTONE
14-down – It’s a rigid rule : YARDSTICK
17-down – The first half of this should be considered : THOUGHT
18-down – Years possibly follow as a metal tester : ASSAYER
20-down – An unpleasant person, but an unnamed one : SOANDSO
22-down – Decrease in newspapers : PRESS
23-down – Ocean-designed craft? Hardly : CANOE
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.