This crossword No. 25201 clues and answers were published on Thu 23 Dec 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25201 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Man of words caught in entrance wearing long pants? : DOCTOR
4-across – See 1 : JOHNSON
9-across – Cardinal supplied a lot of light gas in cereal for everyone : RICHELIEU
10-across – Harpist and painter as parent keeping 6 : DAVID
11-across – Shakespearean in the orchestra : VIOLA
12-across – Write study of Ulster in Thackeray’s history : PENDENNIS
13-across – Embittered note about Scots sweetheart to stay : SOJOURN
15-across – Derisive comment on brute eating his head : YAHBOO
17-across – Look at fellow during shuteye, say? : SHUFTI
19-across – Polish part of Hungarian city backed with sound of drum : RUBADUB
22-across – Old musical student at start of play in Liverpool street : LILACTIME
24-across – No way in which Jeremy has chains : IRONS
26-across – The best thing is to get religious fellow elevated : JEWEL
27-across – King of Wales, abandoning rugby, on direct path that’s pointless : CYMBELINE
28-across – Prize for sexagenarian finding spring in a kiss : BUSPASS
29-across – Brute when the sheet’s turned back? : ANIMAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Comes from the German saint : DERIVES
2-down – Cocoa and chocolate are one originally : CACAO
3-down – Devotee of Verdi etc: if with article, of Pergolesi? : OPERABUFF
4-down – Container of tea drunk by kangaroo on its way? : JOURNEY
5-down – 1 4’s pet pig swallowing first of drugs, ecstasy : HODGE
6-down – Disposed of round flat note like sisters of chalk cliffs : SEVENFOLD
7-down – Devotee of nature creating hell among teachers : NUDIST
8-down – Dickensian number from Orange? : PIPPIN
14-down – Use Jewish number 50 as coalition’s new model? : JOHNLEWIS
16-down – 1 4’s 4 down, Jewish majority with one churchman : HEBRIDEAN
18-down – Old copper leaves epic: coppers need muscle : ILIACUS
19-down – Borders capturing man in place of jackdaw : RHEIMS
20-down – 1 4’s presenter to cry up source : BOSWELL
21-down – Month’s shortly up: cover with extraordinary protection : FLUJAB
23-down – 4 across playing Alice? : CELIA
25-down – Narcotic work I take with hesitation : OPIUM
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.