This crossword No. 25144 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Oct 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25144 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – City finance : CAPITAL
5-across – Tidy up — start in the passage : TRANSIT
9-across – You’ll surprise someone by taking him this : ABACK
10-across – Board bring in a head ready to educate : TEACHABLE
11-across – Assume ten love being held by rather a chivalrous character : DONQUIXOTE
12-across – Courage needed on icy roads : GRIT
14-across – Prices seem at unusually high levels for works of art : MASTERPIECES
18-across – Carriage reserved for a small charge : PERAMBULATOR
21-across – Rotten position : RANK
22-across – You bet positively : ABSOLUTELY
25-across – Communist and German worker laid off : REDUNDANT
26-across – Sect making friends in France with Henry : AMISH
27-across – Play the fool? Sleep on it! : BEDROLL
28-across – Two names written in a foreign language : RUSSIAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A man to praise in church : CLAUDE
2-down – Record turnover is not commonly a cause of this : PLAINT
3-down – Prepare to fight for a rump steak that’s rare : TAKEUPARMS
4-down – Rubber solution from past times : LATEX
5-down – Upset pudding leads to a riot breaking out in foreign restaurant : TRATTORIA
6-down – One seen outside hospital may need treatment : ACHE
7-down – Take off in coach going upcountry : SUBTRACT
8-down – Doctor is initially eager to give discourse : TREATISE
13-down – They enable one to take the long view : BINOCULARS
15-down – Sort of sketch one has in hand : THUMBNAIL
16-down – Joint description of Eve’s origin? : SPARERIB
17-down – Secret society set up racket inside island : TRINIDAD
19-down – A sign of twins : GEMINI
20-down – Part of a 100-yard dash : HYPHEN
23-down – Extremely poor shot on target : OUTER
24-down – Prepare for take-off? : UNDO
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.