This crossword No. 25961 clues and answers were published on Thu 30 May 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25961 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Adams’ work a tall building? Not now I know : SHARDIK
5-across – A bomb exploding round sticky stuff : BAMBOO
9-across – Helium or argon, which could be angriest? : INERTGAS
10-across – Piano to let by request : PLEASE
12-across – Seceding Spooner’s arousing a comment from an ass : BREAKINGAWAY
15-across – What they call us in the course of explosive competition : TOURNAMENT
17-across – Bill’s left off boring another boy : TED
19-across – I am not dialectical: having 7 I’m an aardvark : ANT
20-across – Slippery creature gives manager MBE : GREENMAMBA
22-across – Male — no, males — with exterior that’s friendly to a remarkable extent : PHENOMENALLY
26-across – Jumper, maybe: having 7 I’ll be a tiger moth : WOOLLY
27-across – Half-asleep state of most rodents with much of home in water : SEMICOMA
28-across – Prince gets by when in the groove : RUPERT
29-across – Kept your feet out of water? Your dinner starts with hors d’oeuvre : DRYSHOD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Covering? Having 7 I’m on guard : SKIN
2-down – Any number of years old? : AGED
3-down – Take top job away from idle fellow in whom is the problem? : DETHRONE
4-down – Finish off a US city where I could have 7 : KOALA
6-down – Member in liquor, say : ALLEGE
7-down – 10 wait while I’m accompanied by 1 across, 11 the 24, 17 or 28 : BEARWITHME
8-down – Proverbial king of Venice, perhaps, treating anemone with dye : ONEEYEDMAN
11-down – Local first in the Guardian for Churchill : WINNIE
13-down – Seedsman embracing meal for member needs energy provider : STEAMPOWER
14-down – Nasty turn for boat raised this way — it’s usually mocked : TURTLESOUP
16-down – Sell old ship in custody of police : MARKET
18-down – Bird that can’t fly — hence fly is to make milk? : EMULSIFY
21-down – Tree non-U, if non-U : POPLAR
23-down – Each in the lead : AHEAD
24-down – Ring up to show contempt : POOH
25-down – I’m in hospital: having 7 I’m Arcturus : WARD
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.