This crossword No. 25158 clues and answers were published on Wed 03 Nov 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25158 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Match put to second curtain holder : TIEBACK
5-across – He commonly 2 26 27: a formulaic account of this acceleration run-off : NUCLEAR
9-across – Internet joke supply? : EQUIP
10-across – After end of war, pressure in cooker fixed by a Tommy? : ROCKOPERA
11-across – Energy put into revamped Trivial Pursuit sadly ends in well-known 1 down : RELATIVITY
12-across – See 21 : SHOT
14-across – Roger’s information received via this system : TWOWAYRADIO
18-across – So off-the-back-of-a-lorry bargains not quite appropriate here? : CARBOOTSALE
21-across – Pines burning? Little chance of that : LONG
22-across – Main inhabitant’s lidless coal store placed at angle : CUTTLEFISH
25-across – Hitler activity: sacking any CO without a certain bra capacity : OCCUPANCY
26-across – Switched old body with Brummie presenter : EMCEE
27-across – Checked and balanced : SQUARED
28-across – star@earth.net finally reversed disease : TETANUS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Man taken in by politician’s speculation : THEORY
2-down – Peers bats squeal : EQUALS
3-down – Removal of member from a redcap university rubbish club not right : AMPUTATION
4-down – Russian city pen with different top — very : KIROV
5-down – Casual inaction restricts a plant : NICOTIANA
6-down – I say large is fine by me : COOL
7-down – Energy positive: head off for viewers’ protection : EYESHADE
8-down – See 5 across : REACTION
13-down – Novel writer Verne dismissing western as profane : IRREVERENT
15-down – Pistol faced with Big Bertha would be so overwhelmed? : OUTGUNNED
16-down – Ornamental edging as found on dinner plates? : SCALLOPS
17-down – Good money gets cur drunk : GRANDCRU
19-down – Mineral water ultimately put in impure zinc when oxygenated : ZIRCON
20-down – Three for the hero of century taking ring from other heroes? : CHEERS
23-down – Way after test date : TRYST
24-down – Spike’s football side not Southend : SPUR
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.