This crossword No. 25503 clues and answers were published on Mon 12 Dec 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25503 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Depicting characters performing in play, or art : PORTRAYAL
6-across – Frenchman in a grubby vest : YVES
8-across – People wanting a new landlord : PUBLICAN
9-across – Got close, earned review : NEARED
10-across – Add pages in a final section? : APPEND
11-across – Girl will entertain no alternative site for Hamlet : ELSINORE
12-across – Yet one may be at one’s lowest on them : UPPERS
15-across – Lively parties given by mum in lodgings : SHINDIGS
16-across – Love in the air? Stick around for marriage : COUPLING
19-across – Gets satisfaction out of religious work : EXACTS
21-across – When people can look forward to retirement : BEDTIMES
22-across – Reasons for which people fight : CAUSES
24-across – Expert — for a doctor, nothing to it : ADROIT
25-across – Prepare for take-off? : UNBUTTON
26-across – Travel after star of film and TV : TREK
27-across – In some respect a clever presentation : SPECTACLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Fruit, soft and well-rounded : PLUMP
2-down – King and two biblical characters free of duty : RELIEVE
3-down – Account being overdrawn, had to move fast : RACED
4-down – Keen, say, to make bets : YANKEES
5-down – What could make a party go with a swing : LANDSLIDE
6-down – Longed for time to take up study : YEARNED
7-down – This military order looks fine : EYESRIGHT
13-down – Dog under piano consumes remnant of food : PROVENDER
14-down – They may be found working in steamship at sea : SHIPMATES
17-down – Used for hanging pirate captain on vessel? : POTHOOK
18-down – Greet us, perhaps, with a wave : GESTURE
20-down – Acquit a drunk, now living on water : AQUATIC
22-down – A young animal has it in some measure : CUBIT
23-down – Call up a woman, a case for approval : EVOKE
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.