This crossword No. 25177 clues and answers were published on Thu 25 Nov 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25177 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Large chap backing female — as female : DISTAFF
5-across – Thingummy making parties from the left and right sigh : DOODAH
9-across – Attempt to pinch bottom : TRUMPERY
10-across – Marilyn’s husband, he with a literary tale? : MILLER
12-across – Nelson’s ultimate ally, hot maid misbehaving? : LADYHAMILTON
15-across – Farrier starts to ride stallions, every steed wrapped by Father Christmas, perhaps? : HORSESHOER
17-across – Back a turn : AGO
19-across – Well, the answer should __ here : FIT
20-across – One drugged in myth, some years on consuming flower to save time : LOTUSEATER
22-across – Actor offering setter flower : ORLANDOBLOOM
26-across – Running, I did so backwards — ouch! : INAROW
27-across – Filth repulsed in broadcast, commanding attention : STRIDENT
28-across – Hardy novel about capital of Ireland — or of somewhere else? : RIYADH
29-across – Hot dog filled with hot cat? : PANTHER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Engagement ring ripped from rampant toad, marriage’s ending? : DATE
2-down – See 3 : SOUP
3-down – Letters mixed up in this anagram of Paul has to be the foremost of pillocks! : ALPHABET
4-down – Raid Scrabble tiles J, A, Z, Z, I, L — what wouldn’t one give ___ ? : FORAY
6-down – Old star not widely accepted as deity : OSIRIS
7-down – Single European into poet, his artistic interest superficial? : DILETTANTE
8-down – Dutch in Rhodes : HERINDOORS
11-down – One opens gold sweet : GATEAU
13-down – Hosiery primarily confiscated by officer in dissolute cabinet : CHIFFONIER
14-down – Cash here in place of order for butterfly : FRITILLARY
16-down – Weed obscuring duck, work to see bird : HOOPOE
18-down – Love: it comes up in county as loyalty : DEVOTION
21-down – You overlooking partners? Past it and still on the shelf? : UNSOLD
23-down – Bulb may be wasted : LITUP
24-down – Biblical character among people, a harlot : LEAH
25-down – Mix porridge here : STIR
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.