This crossword No. 25667 clues and answers were published on Wed 20 Jun 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25667 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – European city welcoming police with a copper, perhaps : BASEMETAL
6-across – Fag’s rear struck in public school, becoming red : RUBY
8-across – Euro best abandoned, without a doubt : TOBESURE
9-across – See 19 : FINGER
10-across – See 1 down : GASKET
11-across – Baby in decline takes a bit of Sofia’s money : STOTINKA
12-across – Giving affection in an intimate relationship : HANDIN
15-across – Man in control, steeplechaser at the front leaving another behind : SVENGALI
16-across – Pilot there wingless, possibly? : HELIPORT
19-across – Sweet thing with bum to touch : SPONGE
21-across – See 3 : RUSHMORE
22-across – Dog coming back to bite organ, so be prepared! : GEARUP
24-across – Regularly seen, callous men, big old boys : ALUMNI
25-across – Current squeezes right hot and steamy! : TROPICAL
26-across – Hear bass or tenor, perhaps, in song? : HYMN
27-across – Erstwhile sweetheart crushed, it’s said : EXPRESSED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Keep cheap silver in container — or lose it! : BLOWA
2-down – A king among dense rubbish was creeping : SNEAKED
3-down – Jockey uses whip to make this? Stony faces here : MOUNT
4-down – Hair needing highlights with a bit off the top : TRESSES
5-down – Antony and Cleopatra, say, accepting end of romance, something pink remains : LEFTOVERS
6-down – See 23 : RUNNING
7-down – Be lucky, then get gale? : BREAKALEG
13-down – Vote dividing European Union in a journey that’s without intimacy in partnership : ASEXUALLY
14-down – Coin born to obtain old record initialled by Igor Stravinsky : NEOLOGISE
17-down – Brutal individual, relative shackling drone : INHUMAN
18-down – Part of canopy left holding supporter up : TREETOP
20-down – Organs — all staying the same then? : OVARIES
22-down – See 12 : GLOVE
23-down – Working as an early morning jogger? : UPAND
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.