This crossword No. 24885 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Dec 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 24885 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Penny steered badly when driven round the bend and … : PESTERED
5-across – … pressure has Don also going round the bend : DURESS
9-across – Bird to move slowly? What about that? : WHINCHAT
10-across – Cortes prepared duck : SCOTER
12-across – Old comic welcomed on the golf course : EAGLE
13-across – Lose a sense of proportion when soldiers tuck into ham : OVERREACT
14-across – Bachelor says bed companion is sweet : BUTTERSCOTCH
18-across – Is East in time for puzzle? : DISORIENTATE
21-across – Search through swamp in North Africa : MARRAKESH
23-across – Vermin in doctor’s practice : MOUSE
24-across – Guarantee rebuke when scratching head : ENSURE
25-across – Accommodation for pub fittings : BARRACKS
26-across – Worn down journalist travelled inside : ERODED
27-across – Catch the eye of porter grabbing joiner : STANDOUT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Brave uncle : PAWNEE
2-down – Mean to irritate youth leader : STINGY
3-down – Former draughtsman in the Treasury : EXCHEQUER
4-down – Greek scholar in Muse’s former quarters : ERATOSTHENES
6-down – Awfully cruel medical condition : ULCER
7-down – Trace ten gone astray in the interval : ENTRACTE
8-down – Throw up in pigpen that’s extendable : STRETCHY
11-down – Rate the Torah badly in private discussion : HEARTTOHEART
15-down – Boat in a river in Canada : CATAMARAN
16-down – Confine to bed in A&E? That’s novel! : ADAMBEDE
17-down – Bridge opponents demand round of coffee : ESPRESSO
19-down – Sister caught with one old ambassador : NUNCIO
20-down – Ridicule the regional tableware : TEASET
22-down – Give consent in Gretna Green : AGREE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.