This crossword No. 25100 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 Aug 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25100 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bob breaks rules and admits defeat : RESIGNS
5-across – Shown one little boy carrying another : EVINCED
9-across – Native American playwright born in France : SHAWNEE
10-across – One behind Inspector Rebus with good position in hierarchy : RANKING
11-across – City has fresh lot of wine to entertain these league leaders : NEWCASTLE
12-across – Double time after instant messaging : IMAGE
13-across – Bundle in ditch : SCRAP
15-across – Brit with lasso — wild one in charge of cowboys : TRAILBOSS
17-across – In succession to throne, oddly, viscount’s last : ONTHETROT
19-across – Sound colour: black : PLUMB
22-across – Material a poet rejected : TOILE
23-across – Appropriate directions followed by knight errant? : SEQUESTER
25-across – Regularly check computer screen : MONITOR
26-across – Unsophisticated young woman, sincere in appearing forward : INGENUE
27-across – Small Welsh county regarded as rich : MONEYED
28-across – Capital unknown before taking lead : YEREVAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – One’s entertained by bands with revolting acts : RISINGS
2-down – Trousers almost all will wear out east : SHALWAR
3-down – Information on centre of development area somewhere in Italy : GENOA
4-down – Prescott a false witness? : SPECTATOR
5-down – Eastern republic’s flipping weird : EERIE
6-down – Editor in a Polish novel : IANHISLOP
7-down – Smart attempt to encircle a city : CHICAGO
8-down – Be sidetracked when groom holds serving man up : DIGRESS
14-down – Missing a shot — ten players now : PRESENTLY
16-down – Books one left in a stateside hostel a long time ago : ANTIQUITY
17-down – Plump single parent is best : OPTIMUM
18-down – Some Frenchman on air talking about a palace in Versailles : TRIANON
20-down – American can have nothing against British actor : USTINOV
21-down – Grow up with additive-free food? : BURGEON
23-down – 13 right in the middle of Slough : SHRED
24-down – Wholehearted uplift for half-hearted music : EAGER
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.