This crossword No. 25523 clues and answers were published on Wed 04 Jan 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25523 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Gloomy day, wasting time that’s left : SATURNINE
10-across – Come to a farewell party : AWAKE
11-across – They may be precious old friends : OPALS
12-across – Ex-Greek leader rudely treated large-hearted Texan : ALEXANDER
13-across – A part of London’s in blossom in advance : MAKEWAY
14-across – Searching, hearing : INQUEST
17-across – Beside Potsdam Central Station : DEPOT
19-across – See 12 : THE
20-across – Acknowledge Bill’s a monk when she’s not there : ADMIT
21-across – Explain complicated clue, a right puzzler initially! : CLEARUP
22-across – Impure, I quietly run away and sleep at home when he calls : MUEZZIN
24-across – Perhaps 4 turned to assume a fighting attitude : SQUAREOFF
26-across – Sir Kay spent hours in darkness : NIGHT
28-across – See 12 : GREAT
29-across – Compound of ochre salt or salts : CHLORATES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Non-aspirational, smells bad, getting court order : ASBO
2-down – Bout of illness whilst eating? : ATTACK
3-down – What’s cheeky, penetrating, comparatively bold and not at all salty? : FRESHWATER
4-down – Get rid of a line involving 2 : BINARY
5-down – Broadcast regular extracts from the older Miami Vice : TELEVISE
6-down – Ganja, valium, sandwich, coffee : JAVA
7-down – Being woolly, may dread woolgathering : DAYDREAM
8-down – Heckle comic heartlessly : JEER
13-down – Doctor’s love for Italian red wine : MEDOC
15-down – Variable quanta? Err with variable, having 4 variables : QUATERNARY
16-down – Artist drawing one mythological figure : TITAN
18-down – It’s hard losing common services and networks : PLEXUSES
19-down – Excellent time to work on degree : TOPNOTCH
22-down – Athenian’s letter to female regularly filled envelope : MUFFLE
23-down – Cell mates making this? : ZYGOTE
24-down – Brief attraction, wistful sound : SIGH
25-down – Dictator’s court orders luxury! : RITZ
27-down – Monkey’s way of deciding things : TOSS
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.