This crossword No. 25516 clues and answers were published on Tue 27 Dec 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25516 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Artist, modern : CUBIST
4-across – Well-pitched motion to claim Yankee heart : MUSICAL
9-across – Beyond stormy ocean, to win a second time : ONCEAGAIN
10-across – See 5 : OILED
11-across – Endless ridicule at leading store chains : IRONS
12-across – Of dramatic change in play: episode not right : DAMASCENE
13-across – Good cooking: fry oil and lard with honour : GLORIFY
15-across – Boatman’s second in command put in charge, their leaders half-blind : MYOPIC
17-across – Finger in food, Indian perhaps : PINKIE
19-across – Boatman’s senior officer meets destiny : MATELOT
22-across – Was Rat to Toad, hence not right? : CHEATEDON
24-across – Second in command to attack with courage : FIBRE
26-across – Second from last to harvest grain : TRICE
27-across – Changed sides and lied — anger erupted : REALIGNED
28-across – Second from last in plane perhaps to race here : AINTREE
29-across – Record in Nelson’s signal his last word to second in command : DEPUTY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Second from last in race failing at the finish : CLOSING
2-down – Lad gets money and love : BUCKO
3-down – Make-up’s second comedy device : SLAPSTICK
4-down – Bottom note: aah? : MINIMUM
5-down – Not fresh small beer: what goes into it before being drunk : SHOPS
6-down – Power-sharing puts the French in logical fix : COLLEGIAL
7-down – Snake’s partner — large snake : LADDER
8-down – Just cradling the head of Lord Nelson’s captain : HARDLY
14-down – Cromwell’s man of iron, a vile distortion : OLIVERIAN
16-down – Letters of credit lost, counterfoil torn? Not good conduct : OUTOFLINE
18-down – Second red nose comedy : ENDORSE
19-down – More than a person? Second in command : MANDAY
20-down – Sea duty shift on second working day : TUESDAY
21-down – A summer drink in scenic Eteauville : ICETEA
23-down – Controversially his : THEIR
25-down – Allow only formal thou in French or Swahili, for example : BANTU
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.