This crossword No. 25190 clues and answers were published on Fri 10 Dec 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25190 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – The naval disaster in which Boatman is eaten by a whale? : LEVIATHAN
6-across – Takes in endless parodies : SUPS
8-across – Colleagues’ inspiration: say barren block gone : BRETHREN
9-across – Winter footwear with metal inside — wow! : GALOSH
10-across – Boatman’s work is usually in the Mediterranean : THEMED
11-across – Costume formerly worn by oriental tart? : ONEPIECE
12-across – What I should make, for my sins, at noon? : AMENDS
15-across – Drops the shattered piece of a vessel : POTSHERD
16-across – Where, you might say, disk-breaking leads to sudden reversal? : SKIDPANS
19-across – Hate for Guardian boss back on trial : DETEST
21-across – First entry in old book of songs about fish behind ship’s stern mid-ocean! : PSALMONE
22-across – Divers use natural heat to remove water : SUNDRY
24-across – Droop like dead fish : DANGLE
25-across – Boatman’s report on whale found in the Mediterranean : MALLORCA
26-across – Sex kittens slipping an unreasonable extent in winter footwear : SKIS
27-across – Split up — admit mistake on reflection and give in : SURRENDER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Wood-roasted char after lobster starter : LARCH
2-down – A vain imposter? Creative prose wasted, perhaps : VITAMIN
3-down – Pungent? Sour? That’s about right : ACRID
4-down – Poncho folded round centre pleat in place of layers : HENCOOP
5-down – New leader chosen: Gordon’s first in, then left out : NEGLECTED
6-down – Not in everyone’s interest to market cod: could be left wanting? : SELFISH
7-down – Cod, sprats, flounder typically found at the seaside : POSTCARDS
13-down – Deadly sea creature runs amok, followed by silence as boat goes under : MAKOSHARK
14-down – Naval nations exude water : SEAPOWERS
17-down – Floods spread sludge around Mile End : DELUGES
18-down – Vessel attending in the Mediterranean, perhaps French marine zone : STEAMER
20-down – Starting to embrace a lot more : TENFOLD
22-down – What you need to do with a fish to take victory : SOLVE
23-down – Cruiser is abandoned, sunk, only to be seen again later : RECUR
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.