This crossword No. 25450 clues and answers were published on Tue 11 Oct 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25450 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Actor’s firm substitute for given name of drug : COCAINE
5-across – Wrap-up warm 3 : SUMMARY
10-across – Sounds like food: hello and goodbye! : CIAO
11-across – 3 needed to write still : STATIONARY
12-across – Nurse accepts the end of the profession : CAREER
13-across – Former minister trapped by how he should be : PREVIOUS
14-across – Weapon provided backing for a vault : FIRMAMENT
16-across – It points to home of French kiss : INDEX
17-across – Expose oneself to meat if 3 : FLASH
19-across – Poor clue compiler had troubled to explain : ELUCIDATE
23-across – 3 money for bird : STARLING
24-across – 3 motor is a pain : ANGINA
26-across – Arachne’s home worse off after burglar emptied software : WEBBROWSER
27-across – Born and died in poverty : NEED
28-across – Spooner’s greeting to Simpson with total recall : BYHEART
29-across – One does not appreciate where coal may be found : INGRATE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – I’m a cheque that bounced, producing folds : ORIGAMI
3-down – On a diet, perhaps including those in charge above : AFORE
4-down – Treatment for refusal to play guitar? : NOSTRUM
6-down – Unattached, I am promoted as one : UNITED
7-down – See 3 : MENTIONED
8-down – Find a new way out in note after note : REROUTE
9-down – One rings to complain as Guardian leader is incorrectly spelt : CAMPANOLOGIST
15-down – Sad musical with less entourage : MISERABLE
18-down – Draw sleek creature in lovely shell : LOTTERY
20-down – Feeling mortified? What you need is tea and a smile : CHAGRIN
21-down – Beat man to the touchline : TANGENT
22-down – Fix the Guardian’s severity : RIGOUR
25-down – Hang on, Eritrea is not entirely a lost cause : GONER
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.