This crossword No. 25096 clues and answers were published on Mon 23 Aug 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25096 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A learner joins class that’s strict : FORMAL
5-across – Mortality figures are a total write-off : DEADLOSS
9-across – Everyone is absorbed in the trial case : TEACHEST
10-across – Refuse a stretcher : LITTER
11-across – Becoming less friendly, drag warpaint out : DRAWINGAPART
13-across – Sappers in control of cavalry? : REIN
14-across – Setting for clips or decorations on a nobleman : EARLOBES
17-across – One may feel wrongly persecuted because of it : PARANOIA
18-across – Double act no longer seen : DODO
20-across – A challenging demand : SATISFACTION
23-across – A port, half an hour later, shows potency : VIGOUR
24-across – Courtesy of the townsman : URBANITY
25-across – Extinguishes a candle flame and passes on : SNUFFSIT
26-across – Port required to finish university course : DIEPPE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Unfasten the duck cage : OPEN
3-down – Country professor on staff gets first-class write-up : MACEDONIA
4-down – General means to establish latitude : LEEWAY
5-down – An exact report of the Three Blind Mice? : DETAILEDACCOUNT
6-down – Go really wild with Pilgrim’s Progress, for example : ALLEGORY
7-down – A bulb may be a variety of tulip : LITUP
8-down – The points of savage attacks : SPEARHEADS
12-down – One is apart, possibly result of marital trouble? : SEPARATION
15-down – As ordered, one goes in the artillery : ORDINANCE
16-down – Swindle companies and acknowledges it : CONFIRMS
19-down – One may be prone to use this, following inflation : AIRBED
21-down – Scoring shot in billiards or from batting cricket side : INOFF
22-down – Tread the stage : STEP
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.