This crossword No. 25972 clues and answers were published on Wed 12 Jun 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25972 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Become brighter and cold — king gets excited : CLEARUP
5-across – Instigate storing flower in kind of cup : STIRRUP
9-across – Comprehensive kid gets a quid : TOTAL
10-across – Claimant is quiet about offer : PRETENDER
11-across – Term loosely embracing a type of artist : REMBRANDT
12-across – Player finally working to perform musical piece : RONDO
13-across – Tenant has no right to come in : ENTER
15-across – It’s lucky Arabs, say, do some gardening : HORSESHOE
18-across – Greek writer and leading actor spot Uncle Sam : HERODOTUS
19-across – Spare tyre I’d inflated : TUMID
21-across – Half-heartedly incapacitate an aristocrat : NOBLE
23-across – Impress prisoner with writing : CONSCRIPT
25-across – Fellow keeps chalet designed for sports event : DECATHLON
26-across – In the past Newton stored right gas : ARGON
27-across – Comprehensive kid after information : GENERIC
28-across – Increase general unrest : ENLARGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Set bed overlooking lake : COTERIE
2-down – Riot teams badly deployed, one reckons : ESTIMATOR
3-down – It could be used to strike a sovereign : RULER
4-down – Fuming when conduit’s stolen : PIPINGHOT
5-down – Sons defrost fish : SMELT
6-down – I mean to make a home — seriously! : INEARNEST
7-down – Gas causing fuss in the navy : RADON
8-down – Aim to find money bag outside post office : PURPOSE
14-down – Trot with me and the dog : REDSETTER
16-down – Sympathetic vibration represented on a screen : RESONANCE
17-down – Sound a bell — for a knockout? : HUMDINGER
18-down – Execute Harry looking dejected : HANGDOG
20-down – An easing of tensions after river engulfs marquee : DETENTE
22-down – Meat firm included in boycott : BACON
23-down – Tory caught taking oil preparation for illness : COLIC
24-down – Grovel to get chromium tool : CRAWL
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.