This crossword No. 25425 clues and answers were published on Mon 12 Sep 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25425 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Please Ray with gift that’s unusual : GRATIFY
5-across – Missionary who can handle a spoon? : APOSTLE
10-across – A return of service which is some way off : AFAR
11-across – Gain admission by force and initiative : ENTERPRISE
12-across – Drink triple gin, initially, with one rum : EGGNOG
13-across – Status symbols? : INSIGNIA
14-across – All set to accept redundancy : READYTOGO
16-across – Give a lift to one in the army : HOIST
17-across – Be sent back to bunk, having weakened : EBBED
19-across – A survivor in the heat : QUALIFIER
23-across – Regard as deliberate : CONSIDER
24-across – Loan shark certain to be found in the city : USURER
26-across – Nominal chief of the maths department? : FIGUREHEAD
27-across – Lots of trousers : BAGS
28-across – Stir it in a football crowd : AGITATE
29-across – Uncertain range of French explosive projectile : GRENADE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – He leaves his country to be protected by another : REFUGEE
3-down – I go round Italian city : TURIN
4-down – Charge soldiers found in brawl : FREIGHT
6-down – Quietly share out a few words from tourist guide? : PHRASE
7-down – Shoulders no responsibility? : SHRUGSOFF
8-down – It makes no difference to these girls should I depart : LASSIES
9-down – Four on the fiddle? : STRINGQUARTET
15-down – Line up on quarterdeck in formal wear : DRESSSUIT
18-down – Some reservation about giving a player a yellow card? : BOOKING
20-down – Wash the one French article that’s German : LAUNDER
21-down – Rising unit of temperature — about a thousand — appeared : EMERGED
22-down – Notice opening time before Christmas : ADVENT
25-down – City game to lift boycott : URBAN
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.