This crossword No. 25829 clues and answers were published on Thu 27 Dec 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25829 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Pray the treatment may do you good : THERAPY
5-across – 2-star rating — and you can’t get lower than that : ATWORST
9-across – Vehicle has nothing to be heard : AUDIO
10-across – Sound source, or soundly peruse periodical : REEDORGAN
11-across – Incontinent — angel contrived to achieve painlessness : ANALGESIA
12-across – Pedagogues’ league sample heartless crackers : NUTTY
13-across – Free to give quarter after battle : LOOSE
15-across – In receipt of money sixties’ youth cause trouble : INCOMMODE
18-across – Legal successor heard to gain from flying hazard : AIRPOCKET
19-across – House tenancy rejected — or alternative … : HOTEL
21-across – … Russian place for censorship to contain smart student? : GULAG
23-across – Around Holland a number need character to make aware : ENLIGHTEN
25-across – His plight could be a warning : LIGHTSHIP
26-across – Naturalist puts end to middle, perhaps : MAYBE
27-across – Over a month a prophet turns and goes back : RECEDES
28-across – Long ago, unknown date or 26 : YEARDOT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – To follow without books can be hard work : TRAVAIL
2-down – Try to be a detective inspector : ENDEAVOUR
3-down – In the middle of some dream on Gove’s plans : AMONG
4-down – Measure of the Met’s credit? : YARDSTICK
5-down – A near disaster in the Colosseum? : ARENA
6-down – Dryad gets Allen round number at speed : WOODNYMPH
7-down – Correct ceremonial voice : RIGHT
8-down – Old photographic process can do the work of a secretary : TINTYPE
14-down – Do a gentle flip, when stretched : ELONGATED
16-down – Shake-up for least pacy condition? : CATALEPSY
17-down – Having exhausted one’s welcome, get injected but remain inside : OUTSTAYED
18-down – Being cornered made a lag run amok : ANGULAR
20-down – One space in penitential season is not too harsh : LENIENT
22-down – Fabled king in charge — it stands to reason : LOGIC
23-down – Those last shall be first — that’s moral significance : ETHOS
24-down – Morning publication raised character : GAMMA
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.