This crossword No. 25369 clues and answers were published on Fri 08 Jul 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25369 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – See 5 : OCTOPUS
5-across – Unlikely World Cup celebrity chose to put balls past me : PAULTHE
9-across – G8 leader installed : PUTIN
10-across – Sofa, perhaps, where Torode’s first broadcast rejected by diner : TWOSEATER
11-across – Dinosaur and ferret — one’s one’s one : SQUAREROOT
12-across – Huge beast knocks shopping centre off island : ORCA
14-across – Acknowledgment, the result of lying face down behind cow? : PATONTHEBACK
18-across – Block of flats, perhaps? : KEYSIGNATURE
21-across – Wizard of Oz companion, little one close to Dorothy’s heart? : TOTO
22-across – Buff model is plastic, injecting last of polypropylene : SPECIALIST
25-across – Girl on musical instrument, not piano — another one? : HARMONICA
26-across – I’m a drinker, say, to become hard and cold : ICEUP
27-across – Mixture of okra and wee, stirred again : REAWOKE
28-across – Feminist dressing as long-haired biker? : GREASER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Struggle against work model : OPPOSE
2-down – Mummy, mummy, naughty naughty! : TUTTUT
3-down – Amid 17, shorten form of an organ : PANCREATIC
4-down – Time to plug utter rogue, primarily, as lustful type : SATYR
5-down – Fabrication of leader in Observer that’s top copy : PHOTOSTAT
6-down – Druggie’s democratic or republican monarch? : USER
7-down – Test carrying university over to class : TUTORIAL
8-down – English gun ships showing flags : EARMARKS
13-down – Shake up orange vigorously, carried by rocket : REORGANISE
15-down – Wine lover taking gallons from pigeonhole, sloshed : OENOPHILE
16-down – Vessel placed in middle of maidservant’s drawer : SKETCHER
17-down – Sound of snake crying more, in a frenzy : HYSTERIA
19-down – Natural growth’s cut twice, creating muscle : BICEPS
20-down – Unconscious state, way high otherwise : STUPOR
23-down – Family planning’s ultimate ring : CLANG
24-down – Modern composer’s rules of grammar: double negatives are a ___ ? : NONO
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.