This crossword No. 25908 clues and answers were published on Fri 29 Mar 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25908 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Artist, not a playwright : PAINTER
5-across – The Guardian’s into rejecting obscenity — which may be malignant : TUMOURS
9-across – Second tea or coffee : MOCHA
10-across – Wickedness ends daily activity : DEADLYSIN
11-across – Small bankers in a big way? : GNOMESOFZURICH
13-across – Colours show poet losing heart : HUES
14-across – Friends’ hearty gesture : BACKSLAP
17-across – Diet in uncivilised times? : ROUGHAGE
18-across – Tool increases sound : ADZE
21-across – Wrought iron, hot with reason like study of 19s, say : ORNITHOLOGICAL
23-across – Blairist many construed as concerned with race : TRIBALISM
24-across – Esau, without hesitation from him, got pottage : BROTH
25-across – Writer lost plot with trifle : TOLSTOY
26-across – It’s more the difficult matter to be proved : THEOREM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Pander to sanctimonious politician : PIMP
2-down – One quits in clean fashion, which is futile : INCONSEQUENTIAL
3-down – Wound up a character with skill : TRAUMA
4-down – Vegetable is hard to cultivate : RADISH
5-down – Linaria, a reptile strong and flabby : TOADFLAX
6-down – Creatures lacking backbone — hoods’ women catch American king : MOLLUSKS
7-down – Party lacking competence? : UNSKILLEDLABOUR
8-down – Seaside jumper spender also wears : SANDHOPPER
12-down – The pest keeps the greatest number to a marked degree : THERMOSTAT
15-down – Oddly, I want the termite : WHITEANT
16-down – No gin — my one failing, a disgrace : IGNOMINY
19-down – Repeated annual check gets the bird : MOTMOT
20-down – Sound wood of sound quality : TIMBRE
22-down – Pretence of British-American relationship? : SHAM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.