This crossword No. 25857 clues and answers were published on Tue 29 Jan 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25857 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Friend backs golfer, then folds : LAPELS
4-across – Grounds for a divorce? At first it’s a mix-up : STADIA
9-across – Test for a learner? : ORAL
10-across – Artist turned and entered: I can’t act romantically; the atmosphere’s frosty here : ANTARCTICA
11-across – Drink squash : SCOTCH
12-across – Maybe Cameron and Osborne conceal explosive ideas : THEORIES
13-across – Actress Jessica sorts out Big Bird : ALBATROSS
15-across – The perfect sweet? : MINT
16-across – Jonathan Ross, say, talking of space where people start : WOMB
17-across – Spooner’s cheese looks like fishes : SEABREAMS
21-across – Coaches condemned divers after acting by Suarez, primarily : ADVISERS
22-across – Meltdown result for Sheen … : LUSTRE
24-across – … wild man is paid and gets in round, which leads to alcoholism : DIPSOMANIA
25-across – Line from pointless joke : RANK
26-across – Lodgers get us rent on Sunday : GUESTS
27-across – Unkempt Boris muffles answer — it shows constant pressure : ISOBAR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – I cry, all upset and emotional : LYRICAL
2-down – Captain is first into bed : PILOT
3-down – Panic over Spain’s strike : LEATHER
5-down – Rising Republican cuts wings off essential Big Bird : TURKEY
6-down – Fix note to end of Coleridge’s rime: … then wander without horse : DETERMINE
7-down – Old and new Conservative regularly likes wearing fake tan : ANCIENT
8-down – Individuals following US politicians? : STATESPERSONS
14-down – Clothing for a soldier’s baby? : ARMYISSUE
16-down – Early water raised commotion with golf union : WEDDING
18-down – British concert artist covers sad rock songs : BALLADS
19-down – Sailor’s rime — a Royal Navy jingle? : MARINER
20-down – Mrs Romney’s man? They say he’s retired from public life : HERMIT
23-down – Quiet caress in the garden? : SHRUB
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.