This crossword No. 24891 clues and answers were published on Thu 24 Dec 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 24891 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Parent at home to couple getting spliced? : MAINBRACE
6-across – See 26 : CAST
10-across – Catch a girl to love : LASSO
11-across – Heroin substitute should be, in my view : METHOUGHT
12-across – Roadside worker, one to land at sea? : DITCHER
13-across – Revolutionary poem? No, a rude composition : RONDEAU
14-across – Referee with his belt turning to cow? : WHISTLEBLOWER
17-across – Graceful, innit? — playing on the wild side : LUNATICFRINGE
21-across – Inconclusive assault on man with case : ATTACHE
22-across – Further entry into prison : NEWGATE
24-across – French writer : SMALLARMS
25-across – Revolution without its first complaint : CROUP
26-across – 20’s half hidden in the open when there’s no sun : OVER
27-across – Setter with a monitoring device fitted about to transport him to prison : MEATWAGON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Catastrophe for officer, partner to Jones, among other ranks? : MELTDOWN
2-down – Popular group sees the smaller picture : INSET
3-down – Fans can be unreliable in their enthusiasm : BLOWHOTANDCOLD
4-down – Shakespearean lord of the Golden Blackbird : AUMERLE
5-down – In which Henry VII rallied his troops to make slaves : ENTHRAL
7-down – L-shaped bar in a longer form : ANGLEIRON
8-down – Prance around — the last way to treat a ball? : TITTUP
9-down – What is this Jersey? An exercise in vowel sounds? : HOWNOWBROWNCOW
15-down – Embarrassed by finding items of Royal Mail late as ever : ILLATEASE
16-down – Flag on vessel as young as ever? : PETERPAN
18-down – There’s about zero miles from what can be proved : THEOREM
19-down – Prison as acknowledgment of game : CANASTA
20-down – Lieutenant caught the fool in 10 10 : CASSIO
23-down – Forward way to Tipperary : ALONG
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.