This crossword No. 25483 clues and answers were published on Fri 18 Nov 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25483 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Private school head’s not initially remote : SAPPER
5-across – Luggage carrier, originally from vehicle back into castle : ROOFRACK
9-across – Increase number in layer : HEIGHTEN
10-across – A display of inexperience after cancelled service? Hatchback is deadly : LETHAL
11-across – Tool returning chez Dad for a bit : ADZE
12-across – Downpour : CLOUDBURST
13-across – Part of Liverpool 9, say : HUYTON
14-across – New Brighton? Head off about the distance from equator given by grid reference : NORTHING
16-across – Two rock bands of the ’70s, one halving drug use, take time showing expressiveness : ELOQUENT
19-across – Threaten to go out with head of government, say : GUTTER
21-across – Soldier’s messing about in task : ASSIGNMENT
23-across – Some oddities of uncertain recollection : UFOS
24-across – Almost 5 or 10, with 10 the turning point? : VORTEX
25-across – Informed about husband reportedly drunk in foreign city : SHANGHAI
26-across – Get rid of black snot I produced : JETTISON
27-across – Foreign agreement embraced by parties in folk dance movement : DOSIDO
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – At first agreed to lug old case round Englishman’s castle for PM : ALECDOUGLASHOME
3-down – Eg pork pie given to a model carrying little weight : PIGMEAT
4-down – Eccentric characters mostly surprised by English reserve : RETICENCE
5-down – Weak summary : RUNDOWN
6-down – Cooked topless when tipsy : OILED
7-down – Make fresh contact with outreach organisation, after adult goes missing : RETOUCH
8-down – Old French epic song from one of the Rat Pack? : CHANSONDEROLAND
15-down – Sort of man that can be relied on to be far from sinister : RIGHTHAND
17-down – Band in which piano takes up odd bits of tune : QUINTET
18-down – Turncoat’s foremost pretext for disloyalty : TREASON
20-down – Walks wearily as a Dickensian in outskirts of Totnes : TRUDGES
22-down – Vetoes the other trendy set-up : NIXES
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.