This crossword No. 25311 clues and answers were published on Mon 02 May 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25311 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Witty saying has some point with animals : EPIGRAM
5-across – Enigmatic, keen and in charge, set about exercising : CRYPTIC
10-across – Stake for backing a mount : ANTE
11-across – Put up defence and tie game : DRAWBRIDGE
12-across – Fashionable school for cricket, say? : INSECT
13-across – It’s discharged in battle during action : DEFRAYED
14-across – Instructing or admonishing : LECTURING
16-across – Edits a translation that is in Latin : IDEST
17-across – Music of the Depression? : BLUES
19-across – Void contest? : SPACERACE
23-across – Saw baton wielded in Africa : BOTSWANA
24-across – Display by top-class band : AIRING
26-across – How people may call us in explosive competition : TOURNAMENT
27-across – Perfect but inconclusive thought : IDEA
28-across – It’s used to compose pieces of music : STUDIES
29-across – Ship’s sails etc split a lot : FRIGATE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Last character leaves Cornish town in humiliation : PENANCE
3-down – Look back in Middle Ages for capital savers : GEESE
4-down – His is a searching examination, by all accounts : AUDITOR
6-down – Brush off and polish again : REBUFF
7-down – Dine with Ralph, prepared to flirt : PHILANDER
8-down – The way in which a French painter finally got the point : INGRESS
9-down – Espy an admirer, perhaps the answer to this? : MAIDENSPRAYER
15-down – Bound to be in step — and rated highly : TREASURED
18-down – Cave used as an observation post : LOOKOUT
20-down – Pipe of pipes : CHANTER
21-down – Voting against, told to go and vote for : CONSENT
22-down – Wild herb found around Virginia : SAVAGE
25-down – Being sorry, one called out : RUING
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.