This crossword No. 25288 clues and answers were published on Tue 05 Apr 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25288 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Fashionable prevaricator gets fitter : INSTALLER
10-across – See 3 : STONE
11-across – Bet I’d be forced back to sea on this : EBBTIDE
12-across – Peculiar second muscle on Brummie with aluminium finish : SPECIAL
13-across – Prison camp round 22 down : OFLAG
14-across – Having ensnared male, sexy cuddles on the agenda : SCHEDULED
16-across – Small seaman on beach goes naked outside eastern 22 down : STARSANDSTRIPES
19-across – Holiday resort’s girl about town : LASPALMAS
21-across – Cross swords with criminal : FENCE
22-across – Drown establishment figure : FOUNDER
23-across – Grubs having no settled home almost : ROOTLES
24-across – Boring thing said by bore: Forecast good : AUGUR
25-across – Landlord’s target sector including butcher’s return : INNKEEPER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Deceptively conclusive state official : VICECONSUL
2-down – A sponsor of Columbus’s sail, able to be swayed : ISABELLA
3-down – Father, not 51, a famous missionary for 22 down : PAVING
4-down – Down with 22 down, a European cleanliness award : BLUE
5-down – Expert’s dissertation in support of Long John Silver, say? : PROSTHESIS
6-down – Character’s upright like carbon stopper : ASCENDER
7-down – Merry little woman with medicine bottle : JOVIAL
8-down – See 24 : WELL
14-down – Sexual activity on train out for one with nest egg in bank? : SANDMARTIN
15-down – Medicinal preparation here consisting of log stuffed with sulphur compounds : DISPENSARY
17-down – 22 down’s short way plus one other short way : STANDARD
18-down – Faithful wife has to write to escape : PENELOPE
20-down – Spot date wearing self-satisfied smile finally : SMUDGE
21-down – 22 down’s upset about womaniser : FLOWER
22-down – Jack wants female to keep from getting too cold : FLAG
23-down – To yell after 22 down is outrageous : RANT
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.