This crossword No. 24883 clues and answers were published on Tue 15 Dec 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 24883 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – What doctors want to do about women getting 4? : TWOANDTWO
10-across – Political lady regularly eats at 4 : ASTOR
11-across – United, entering first half of 2-22 down strangely worried : ANXIOUS
12-across – Old record of what happens, unoriginally, in case of bad eyesight : SEVENTY
13-across – Some outswing on a dipping ball? : GONAD
14-across – They’re in the last round, so new boxer strikes out : FINALISTS
16-across – Here understands one way of making 80 divisible by 2 for all time : TWENTYFOURSEVEN
19-across – Left two little boys in the picture? : PORTRAYAL
21-across – See 12 : EIGHT
22-across – Bad story related to shellfish : NAUTILI
23-across – See 23 down : WARBLER
24-across – Gets European articles on a name held by 4 : UNDER
25-across – Death call backed by skeleton instruments — 12-6, perhaps : TROMBONES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Reported lost sheep, honestly : STRAIGHTUP
2-down – Without love and later ecstasy, sex ain’t fun; oddly that’s the French position : SOIXANTE
3-down – Not counted as a secret? : UNTOLD
4-down – Complaints initially a turn-off for sexually active males? : STDS
5-down – Kind of sex that’s caught on with nurses — uniformed, at least initially! : CONSENSUAL
6-down – Tiny regulating devices, as vulva operated on by the French : VALVULES
7-down – See 24 : STANDS
8-down – Circle Line for the airport : ORLY
14-down – Somewhat equally? Exactly : FIFTYFIFTY
15-down – One in flight from roughly shorn thugs : SONGTHRUSH
17-down – Man negotiates road junction, reversing in third! : TERTIARY
18-down – Awake by 6.50, when imprisoned by soldiers : VIGILANT
20-down – Lots of holes made by doctors? : ROUNDS
21-down – Invest in the Borneo uprising : ENROBE
22-down – See 2 : NEUF
23-down – Taking out bow and arrow, only half killed a bird : WOOD
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.