This crossword No. 25995 clues and answers were published on Tue 09 Jul 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25995 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Turn universal desire into artistic medium : GOUACHE
5-across – Vessel’s unusually dark brown, previously : TANKARD
10-across – Take it easy, having recounted sexual conquests : LAZE
11-across – Pack clerical garment into total nerd’s collection? : STAMPALBUM
12-across – Beam about impediment to love : LINTEL
13-across – Relative — nephew, cousin, husband? — starts to loosen up : UNCLENCH
14-across – Boatman’s song — something sung in nude? : BARCAROLE
16-across – Like backing Norse god or Greek one : SATYR
17-across – Cellar-bound : VAULT
19-across – Crawler to yield, adopting opponents’ advice : CENTIPEDE
23-across – Clue to foster-child’s disadvantage? : DRAWBACK
24-across – Tenor’s heart gets put into temperamental solo : MONODY
26-across – One undertaking to fiddle with agricultural equipment : CONTRACTOR
27-across – Repair oath : DARN
28-across – Jump across 51 illuminated after dusk : STARLIT
29-across – The French king filling Paris, perhaps, with brightness : CLARITY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Reconstructed source of Aztec or Inca instrument : OCARINA
3-down – Obviate, or declare, time : AVERT
4-down – Solicitor breaking the rules, lacking energy : HUSTLER
6-down – Face muscle, in a way : ASPECT
7-down – Wicked program in which 9 character absorbs sick end of tape : KILLERAPP
8-down – Erotic fish consuming meal topless : RAUNCHY
9-down – Writer badly mauled : SAMUELBECKETT
15-down – Supply food, entertaining elderly women with adverse criticism : COLDWATER
18-down – Irish river featuring in pictures of transport hub : AIRPORT
20-down – Medic disturbing weary trainee with bit of percussion : TIMBREL
21-down – Cheated and ran over thinker : DIDEROT
22-down – Some sausages à la Milanese? : SALAMI
25-down – Free an upturned bottom : NADIR
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.