This crossword No. 25297 clues and answers were published on Fri 15 Apr 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25297 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Get one’s teeth into gold, by the way : OBITER
5-across – Pity lone composer no longer fashionable : LINOTYPE
9-across – Cultivating plots? : SCHEMING
10-across – Once confutes what otherwise feels right : REFELS
11-across – Pleasant resort : NICE
12-across – Southwest always keeps fine, unusual for disease : SWINEFEVER
13-across – Toeless sort of boot and a country in Africa : UGANDA
14-across – Spooner’s widespread profits for energy suppliers : GASMAINS
16-across – God — the one not ending where all the others are? : PANTHEON
19-across – Nerve cell freshman called for : NEURON
21-across – Please sand slippery walkways : ESPLANADES
23-across – Decrease in work by a GP : DROP
24-across – Rustic building with 5 nails : SILVAN
25-across – Get together when graduate finals are often held? : INTERMIX
26-across – Remains after chops start? : LEAVINGS
27-across – Holds forth about right to secede from Brussels : SPOUTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Is US currency short here? : BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
3-down – The restraint, which it contains … : THEREIN
4-down – … put on the body politic to restore what’s been lost? : REINSTATE
5-down – Falling behind with winter weather precautions : LAGGING
6-down – Carer is out at sunrise, perhaps : NURSE
7-down – Old president keeps iron and a more delicate material : TAFFETA
8-down – Scientist — one gone all too crazy in bygone times? : PALAEONTOLOGIST
15-down – Wickedness — it’s completely keeping us bunged up : SINUSITIS
17-down – Gentleman’s gentleman rises at 4 in the Middle East : TELAVIV
18-down – Simpletons perish amid approving gestures : NODDIES
20-down – Dicky urged on to suffer : UNDERGO
22-down – Material for a negligee — some wouldn’t be seen in one : NINON
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.