This crossword No. 25284 clues and answers were published on Thu 31 Mar 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25284 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Endlessly sick after soup which hurts one’s mouth : GUMBOIL
5-across – What to put on to come first in difficult test? : TWINSET
9-across – Waste of water in Cornwall? : OFFAL
10-across – We rectors contrive to get a bishopric : WORCESTER
11-across – Having broken limit, stand up and get ready to fight : MILITARISE
12-across – A little money for backward English? : DIME
14-across – With a clear road it may still hold you up : TRAFFICLIGHT
18-across – One reckons with a note, it’s said, he can sing : COUNTERTENOR
21-across – Voucher with firm going on : UPON
22-across – Chappy shot at random — he had a behavioural disorder : PSYCHOPATH
25-across – All marble could be fire protective : ALARMBELL
26-across – One riled by working? : IDLER
27-across – An isle — Greenland, perhaps : EMERALD
28-across – Threat of this makes sin seem dodgy : NEMESIS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Good accommodation to be found in Newmarket? : GROOMS
2-down – Beast without being very loud has to soften : MUFFLE
3-down – Having died, learned to strike out : OBLITERATE
4-down – Telephone bell starting off, but not so loud : LOWER
5-down – Act with elegance, say; it helps to get you in : TURNSTILE
6-down – Article on computer science needs space … : ITEM
7-down – … and what computers need Gordius does up to a point : SETTINGS
8-down – Wrongs keep people in agonies : TORMENTS
13-down – Sorting school mail may cause the jimjams : ALCOHOLISM
15-down – Dream fast shattered at cultural centre : FARMSTEAD
16-down – Reliable account by a priest : ACCURATE
17-down – Co-driver has to try self-control? : AUTOMATE
19-down – Let the Guardian know about thickening skin? : CALLUS
20-down – Cattle on board smashed crockery : SHERDS
23-down – Mark has value in Costa Rica : COLON
24-down – She started a college in Cambridge : EMMA
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.