This crossword No. 25399 clues and answers were published on Fri 12 Aug 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25399 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Delivery woman, as if? : MIDWIFE
5-across – A flower put in shoe, medicine in it : AMPOULE
9-across – Sabre, scimitar or steel? : SWORD
10-across – Companion: the first man, perhaps, to hug royalty : CHAPERONE
11-across – Tories’ rule hopelessly weak : IRRESOLUTE
12-across – Sporting body partial to mischief, I fancy : FIFA
14-across – See 28 : OFTHEABSURD
18-across – Appear more stupid secreting drug, when cared for : LOOKEDAFTER
21-across – Silence a lady of pop! : GAGA
22-across – Game taking record capital : MONTEVIDEO
25-across – Classic ballet leap — cut the chat, where’s the earth moving? : EPICENTRE
26-across – In a day, beginning to grow : AMONG
27-across – Lot more feverish, rapid bowing : TREMOLO
28-across – Unreal drama suggesting hater of teeth? : THEATRE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Supernatural U for __, say, if polite? : MYSTIC
2-down – Foreign body or thingummy : DOOBRY
3-down – Ill at home, given medicine, drinking another sip : INDISPOSED
4-down – Caesar’s forty said to perform well : EXCEL
5-down – Leave people under a tyre, primarily to get flat : APARTMENT
6-down – Hot in seat, how hot it is! : PHEW
7-down – Deeply fond of one’s better half, you kiss and love, right? I love you so, not half! : UXORIOUS
8-down – Attractive person caught feeding a needy sort of guy, finally : EYECANDY
13-down – Grammatical term brought up, one in decline, cut short : ABBREVIATE
15-down – Weak lifts around a strong building, taking old, old air : TEAFORTWO
16-down – Around start of fracas, gutless frantic series of heavy blows : SLUGFEST
17-down – Sustained melting catastrophic surrounding Circle : LONGTIME
19-down – Able to get radio broadcast on time : ADROIT
20-down – For example, Russian mouth organ : TONGUE
23-down – Bankers’ daily crime? : THEFT
24-down – Set up zero bricks : LEGO
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.