This crossword No. 25835 clues and answers were published on Thu 03 Jan 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25835 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Watery lake, wet banks : SLOPPY
4-across – First persons in Europe to welcome leader of regime, old, old city : JERICHO
9-across – Hawthorns tip on one side : COCKSPURS
10-across – See 4 down : ENNIS
11-across – Mad reservists? : BARMY
12-across – Lethal drug containing Irish whiskey? Ultimately, it’s not true : FAIRYTALE
13-across – Cross bridges if to give evidence : TESTIFY
15-across – Warning that’s right about which man’s after my own heart? : AUGURY
17-across – Old wine in Pinot, bowels evacuated : PASTIT
19-across – Bleat about faceless joint, one serving non-alcoholic drinks : BARISTA
22-across – See 2 : PISTORIUS
24-across – Toilet empty, entering toilet is a gamble : LOTTO
26-across – Double entendre primarily in string : TWINE
27-across – Bitter bread possibly English, I’m not sure Napoleon eating it : BEERMONEY
28-across – Cause trouble, as might a 3? : MAKETHE
29-across – Shrub mainly robust, leastwise at every border : MYRTLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Old instrument still under fire : SACKBUT
2-down – Blade Runner film award is the peak, pope claims : OSCAR
3-down – Putin not entirely sorry, not right when subversive girls ultimately jailed — them? : PUSSYRIOT
4-down – Can I see limits in Jamaican running, accepting premier of sprinters is Olympic gold medallist? : JESSICA
5-down – Very eager to lose gram to get thin : REEDY
6-down – For starters, consider each northern constellation — to be one in the south? : CENTAURUS
7-down – Shellfish gobbled by boy’s terrapin : OYSTER
8-down – See 28 : FURFLY
14-down – Make-up getting criticism in old comedy : SLAPSTICK
16-down – I’m surprised to see politician with a large strawberry scoffing fruit : GORBLIMEY
18-down – Thumb thing — thumbthing thought? : THIMBLE
19-down – Kind of case where risk overshadows challenge : BASKET
20-down – Untrustworthy in the end, locate new attendant : ACOLYTE
21-down – Unpleasant stuff deposited in an amount of money : SPUTUM
23-down – Open on time : OVERT
25-down – Principle number eight, gutless : TENET
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.