This crossword No. 25090 clues and answers were published on Mon 16 Aug 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25090 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – One’s ration by the bar is taken to avoid a threat : COUNTERMEASURE
8-across – Sandy is, perhaps, seen at this racecourse : ASCOT
9-across – Decision by third person : UMPIRAGE
11-across – Subjects requiring one to be on the carpet : THEMATA
12-across – A politician in a frenzy may be seen to run riot : RAMPAGE
13-across – Priest almost always found to be right in book : RECTO
15-across – Song composed by girl getting undressed outside : BARCAROLE
17-across – Wild Rose contains poetry for managers : OVERSEERS
20-across – What is pinching the foot? : THEFT
21-across – Son’s nursing a broken hip but anyone could get water with these : SIPHONS
23-across – One who won’t thank you for this stylish jar : INGRATE
25-across – Last of all, the rest may help you : ETCETERA
26-across – Without the doctor, Leonard could be in such a state : ALONE
27-across – Be a likely winner, choosing left or right? : HAVEITBOTHWAYS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Written authority to meet family in school : CHARTERHOUSE
2-down – Relation sometimes of use to the penniless : UNCLE
3-down – Argos tent redesigned: each one has four sides : TETRAGONS
4-down – Muttering on stage about edible stalks, repeatedly : RHUBARB
5-down – Beethoven’s moth? : EMPEROR
6-down – Guitar sound gives the street spirit : STRUM
7-down – Such a to-do makes a girl more troubled : RIGMAROLE
10-down – At no time must they be chopped off smaller still : NEVERTHELESS
14-down – A late crop scattered by Egyptian ruler : CLEOPATRA
16-down – Name of US car belonging to King George and A.P. Herbert : AUTOGRAPH
18-down – Each unfinished nap’s most comfortable : EASIEST
19-down – Do I fast after cooking this Greek dish? : STIFADO
22-down – Decoration only half seen, being bulky : OBESE
24-down – Perfume’s what makes a wooer finally love mother : AROMA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.