This crossword No. 25356 clues and answers were published on Thu 23 Jun 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25356 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Perdition’s neat solution for those so chosen? : PREDESTINATION
9-across – Paper said to fold and go out of circulation? : DISAPPEAR
10-across – Up to when battered unit left : UNTIL
11-across – There’s no good in Mayday melodies : SONGS
12-across – Offshoots hold some answer to critical examinations : SCANSIONS
13-across – Soldier enrols and comes back in : REENTERS
14-across – Student leaves engineer for one in the Far East : BRUNEI
17-across – Bus turns in a road, which is ridiculous : ABSURD
19-across – Sense ran amok, falling into traps : ENSNARES
22-across – Diet in difficulty — state is the same … : IDENTICAL
24-across – … state has bearing of intuitive discernment : FLAIR
25-across – Difficult tackle put out Kiwi leader to great applause : ECLAT
26-across – Not qualified to accommodate round number, so it can’t be held : UNTENABLE
27-across – Vulnerability perhaps one tends to get after a chill : ACHILLESTENDON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Trade is in, speed out, for such areas : PEDESTRIANISED
2-down – 21 nature of Christianity starting within a Jewish sect? : ESSENCE
3-down – One shows it in poor sex novel : EXPOSITOR
4-down – Short step certain to bring riches : TREASURE
5-down – Not unusual, and not with pain : NORMAL
6-down – Support structure in Soviet Russia : TRUSS
7-down – Obsolete number put in the Guardian’s name : OUTWORN
8-down – Perhaps credit cards are a strong temptation, but one might save face : PLASTICSURGEON
15-down – Arena to fight for protection of allotments : RINGFENCE
16-down – Blows up, having felt as in agony : INFLATES
18-down – Oil men brought to account for old record material : SHELLAC
20-down – Dressed up to gather notice — it holds up traffic : ROADBED
21-down – Performance open to all — nearly all, in fact : ACTUAL
23-down – Expression of mild disapproval is rejected by African people : TUTSI
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.