This crossword No. 25118 clues and answers were published on Fri 17 Sep 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25118 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Virtuous card game? : PATIENCE
9-across – Party removed from boredom, shuffled for card game : OMBRE
10-across – Eccentric tail in blue fish : SCAD
11-across – Coin river horse, perhaps, for this large beast? : RHINOCEROS
12-across – In fish, I had a fishy time? : FRIDAY
14-across – All there is in you reversed by part of song : UNIVERSE
15-across – Books alongside maps almost leading to a US city : ATLANTA
17-across – Card game in which lady regularly entering suit withdrawing, for the most part : OLDMAID
20-across – Card game with bone : CRIBBAGE
22-across – Spades, dark — or not? : SUNLIT
23-across – Card game opposite, going back to break forward : STRIPPOKER
24-across – Go to pieces in card game : SNAP
25-across – Fish in newspaper : ARGUS
26-across – Two card games from Animal Farm and Star Wars for The Man from UNCLE : NAPOLEON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Phone people about capital, getting to grips with a card game : BACCARAT
2-down – Jokers so delirious? : WILD
3-down – Terribly angry about Labour leader, get knotted! : GNARLY
4-down – Card game from spelling quiz, encapsulating its misspelling? : BEZIQUE
5-down – Of those settling in, zero left standing in fuel : COLONIAL
6-down – From the south, identifies 26’s isle, welcoming in a sailor : ABLESEAMAN
7-down – Love’s about love, moving to the heart? : VENOUS
13-down – Design card game for entrance, once : DRAWBRIDGE
16-down – Quiet man requesting first of tankards, don’t gulp it all up? : TRAPPIST
18-down – It’s twice more difficult : IMITATOR
19-down – Looking to understand card : SEEKING
21-down – Knock what the discerning vermin wouldn’t buy? : RATTAT
22-down – Entrance to heaven cuts skyward for angel : SERAPH
24-down – See 26 : SOLO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.