This crossword No. 25707 clues and answers were published on Mon 06 Aug 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25707 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Stay true : STAUNCH
5-across – Leave without a second course : DESSERT
10-across – Obscenity that turns stomachs : SMUT
11-across – Fussy detail : PARTICULAR
12-across – Name some judge or general : GEORGE
13-across – Can count on union backing about tea break : NUMERATE
14-across – He saw himself as winning on the pools : NARCISSUS
16-across – In skill the French sentry should be : ALERT
17-across – Increase the strain : BREED
19-across – A pact goes awry — blame him : SCAPEGOAT
23-across – A voracious reader : BOOKWORM
24-across – Staff provided to help the disabled : CRUTCH
26-across – Reinstated after review, having financial difficulties : STRAITENED
27-across – One has a lot of fun with it : UNIT
28-across – Fields of activity he gets a mixed press about : SPHERES
29-across – One about to settle in the country : IRELAND
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Modify a painting technique : TEMPERA
3-down – Boat without a bow, say? : UTTER
4-down – They nick money : COPPERS
6-down – Variation resolved in game : ENIGMA
7-down – Conservative member set to dismiss strikers? : SQUARELEG
8-down – Powerful agency about to take on performer : REACTOR
9-down – Could be he is to make firm statement : PRONOUNCEMENT
15-down – Restrain a friend in final defeat : CHECKMATE
18-down – Head of the house : ROOFTOP
20-down – Sanctimonious bounder or ring fighter : PICADOR
21-down – Caution — jumble sale! : AUCTION
22-down – Brand that is going out : SORTIE
25-down – Standard in American university depressing a student : USUAL
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.