This crossword No. 25704 clues and answers were published on Thu 02 Aug 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25704 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sick note written by doctor in Bury : ENTOMB
4-across – Sting initially had awfully dark times : NIGHTS
9-across – Part of church services pastor echoed inwardly : APSE
10-across – Bullied ex-PM about pound taking lead from euro : BROWBEATEN
11-across – Request halves of beer and he’ll stay : BEHEST
12-across – God holds detailed account of what’s owed for weakness : DEBILITY
13-across – Ships moor around similarly shaped items … : ISOMORPHS
15-across – … amongst the number of nights told of in a diary, originally : AMID
16-across – Animal in 23 : MARE
17-across – Hindu deity back in loft reverting to ancestral traits : ATAVISTIC
21-across – City where Java’s ore is processed : SARAJEVO
22-across – One wearing no undies, divulging super tanning tips? : NUDIST
24-across – No time to search trailer before one and all returned for Mexican food : QUESADILLA
25-across – Reverse current flowing through damaged dynamo : EDDY
26-across – They leave the stage with old tune playing : EXEUNT
27-across – When it’s warm, start to sunbathe with topless mime artist : SUMMER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Leading lady’s letter to the papers : EMPRESS
2-down – See 8 : THESE
3-down – 27 time in Rome excited US gang member : MOBSTER
5-down – Drink with two setters entertaining another in B & B : IMBIBE
6-down – The foreign representative is in a shed changing car parts : HEADLAMPS
7-down – Fragrant sachet not regularly used by little 25? : SCENTED
8-down – As I said in 15 27 4 23: Funny farm? The whole lot are dolts, boss! : LORDWHATFOOLS
14-down – See 8 : MORTALSBE
16-down – Key used after reworking of a half-hearted 27 dance : MEASURE
18-down – Vehicle usually starting at university in island republic : VANUATU
19-down – Fashionable drink, as reported by one in the know : INSIDER
20-down – Dull as last character leaving cul-de-sac? : DEADEN
23-down – Large amount put on wrong 16 across? Singular 4 16 across, maybe : DREAM
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.