This crossword No. 25549 clues and answers were published on Fri 03 Feb 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25549 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Where apples found, it’s said, one has an advantage : INSIDER
5-across – Having touched base, 7 behind swimmer : SEABASS
9-across – Nureyev or I keep holding back ballet company : KIROV
10-across – 11 extreme characters, revolutionary, capturing leader of unstable nation : VENEZUELA
11-across – See 19 : ENTERPRISE
12-across – Exhaust, something on 7 car? : TIRE
14-across – Compound, where Shed and Paul found drunk, getting in after midnight? : LEADSULPHATE
18-across – Heroes reduced pain in amoebae, say : PROTAGONISTS
21-across – Kitty flips, seeing ring : LOOP
22-across – Fresh in retirement, put out about the limits of youth finding very little accommodation : WENDYHOUSE
25-across – I send over daring man, old politician Cyrus, getting ahead : INADVANCE
26-across – Little room with love, one between your legs? : CELLO
27-across – Cat returning to cross river, came across eyelet : GROMMET
28-across – Show false claim about 7 : MUSICAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Uplifting Japanese healing absorbing indefinite number, so darker : INKIER
2-down – Guarantee fatty swipes last of dinner : SURETY
3-down – Bundle of money raised to cover errant lover in court, primarily — this deciding who gets it? : DIVORCELAW
4-down – Dog runs on : ROVER
5-down – Roaming as cousins, carefree : SANSSOUCI
6-down – Cutter says more in conversation : ADZE
7-down – Gray as a part of 17 down, say, whose unfinished elegy criminal pans out : AMERICAN
8-down – First of six quickies — they’re out of this world! : SPACEMEN
13-down – Random tests making mark on 7 bank orders : SPOTCHECKS
15-down – Go crazy wriggling nose into 7 confection : DOONESNUT
16-down – See 7 : SPELLING
17-down – A party’s undertone : COLORADO
19-down – Having turned up, leaders in blue lingerie instantly focus : PUBLIC
20-down – Shrink from bacterium, turning tail, under bottom of sewer : RECOIL
23-down – King had one hand, finally, on paper : DREAM
24-down – Egg emu voted to gobble up : OVUM
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.