This crossword No. 25858 clues and answers were published on Wed 30 Jan 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25858 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – The last word in communication? : FAREWELLADDRESS
9-across – Player losing head prepared with care for contest : RELAYRACE
10-across – Cook made sovereign seedy : GRILL
11-across – Gradient of endless old Peruvian railway : INCLINE
12-across – Hostilities at talk of government extortion? : ATTACKS
13-across – Find fault with horse? : NAG
14-across – Swellings said to outlaw engagements of honour? : NODULES
17-across – Shape otherwise without cheek : ELLIPSE
19-across – Design of Pugin or some fashionable clique : INGROUP
22-across – Composer turned sick at heart : CORELLI
24-across – Female gametes found in cardiovascular irregularity : OVA
25-across – Does one need a Latin translation for a modern language? : ITALIAN
26-across – With current between plates, it gets illuminated : LAMPLIT
28-across – Threefold test of a French tenor : TRIAL
29-across – Gamble very little in local — but not a vast amount either : INBETWEEN
30-across – Exact fees or otherwise hang in system for fleecing travellers? : RATESOFEXCHANGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Overseas missionary? : FOREIGNMINISTER
2-down – Catholic priest held a holy item : RELIC
3-down – List of items distributed by a will? : WAYBILL
4-down – Raises poles after getting permission : LEAVENS
5-down – Hail with fury is mean : AVERAGE
6-down – Modern type of communication — a student needs first to understand it : DIGITAL
7-down – See nature? : EPISCOPAL
8-down – Sisters can lease — maybe it stops them from buying? : SALESRESISTANCE
15-down – Pet in fog at dyed-in-the-wool type : DOGMATIST
16-down – Bird to copy, but not dead : EMU
18-down – Convenience for peer caught short? : LOO
20-down – Birds love one in parts : ORIOLES
21-down – Church leader goes from soft to loud, if not disturbed in between : PONTIFF
22-down – Summon to fight from Tardis, say : CALLBOX
23-down – Vomit about mother getting a second fixture? : REMATCH
27-down – Don’t rise to falsehood being fashionable : LIEIN
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.