This crossword No. 25055 clues and answers were published on Tue 06 Jul 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25055 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – No doubles for PM? 1 certainly, not 4 : ATLEISURE
10-across – Musical life in Rome following emperor’s lead : EVITA
11-across – Vagrant happy to occupy niche : BAGLADY
12-across – Divergent royalist? : FORKING
13-across – Irritable swimmer keeps refusing alcohol : RATTY
14-across – One wearing black, a little New Yorker : GOTHAMITE
16-across – High-flyers, when transported, have similar cars : AIRVICEMARSHALS
19-across – Privately composing tunes to entertain US city : ENTRENOUS
21-across – Letter from Greece about favoured animals : RHINO
22-across – Chap retreating to useless house in African kingdom : LESOTHO
23-across – Clock, say : OBSERVE
24-across – Source of inspiration kept in refrigerator : ERATO
25-across – Next to remark in an undertone about hunger : ALONGSIDE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Rock climber — girl with youth leader in gym : BARBARYAPE
2-down – Boatman’s first on boat, the so-and-so : BLIGHTER
3-down – Grown-up girl having two other halves? : BIGAMY
4-down – Police officer is engaged : BUSY
5-down – Live bats seek fast food : BEEFSTEAKS
6-down – Animals trained by Arabs etc : BEARCATS
7-down – Cycling’s no good — I dress for the beach : BIKINI
8-down – Hammer and nails initially kept in sack : BANG
14-down – Buddy Polanski’s style of wrestling : GRECOROMAN
15-down – Dean’s heart softened, somehow, in film : EASTOFEDEN
17-down – An idiot struggling to grasp egghead’s mental power : IDEATION
18-down – Something consuming resources in Jersey, possibly an environmental problem : ACIDRAIN
20-down – Italian workers’ examination : TUSCAN
21-down – Admit defeat when rule is broken by bridge player : RESIGN
22-down – Borders of Lincoln green? Right! : LIEN
23-down – Beast appearing in county briefly : OXON
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.