This crossword No. 25728 clues and answers were published on Thu 30 Aug 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25728 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Post letters for Switzerland in different nations : STANCHION
6-across – Run male and female quarters : HAREM
9-across – Not the last reversal for queen and country : NIGER
10-across – Notice perch in extremely hard times : ADVERSITY
11-across – Fawns walk in confined area : CRAWLSPACE
12-across – Shoulder or stomach : BEAR
14-across – Mouth of smiley supporter : BRACKET
15-across – Unhappy Social Democrat finally resigned : STOICAL
17-across – Bone from tail of flightless bird? I’m not sure : STERNUM
19-across – Simple soldiers at ease outside : COMFREY
20-across – A lot of porridge or just a bowl of cherries? : LIFE
22-across – After quiet period artist produces exciting work : PAGETURNER
25-across – Feeling sorry for Estonians : SENSATION
26-across – Lancashire town providing support when king abdicates : BACUP
27-across – Role for Patrick Macnee’s horse : STEED
28-across – Fashion parades in which male’s taken lead : SPEARHEAD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Issue one cent coins for circulation? Carrying on thus — within reason — I create a sort of boom : SONIC
2-down – Garage repaired tank entering compound : AGGRAVATE
3-down – Singer-songwriter in Wenceslas Square, finally? : CAROLEKING
4-down – Current not carrying snake up the creek : INASPOT
5-down – Potential nuns may be turned on by bad habits : NOVICES
6-down – Divine consort from another age : HERA
7-down – Rubbish ends in English river : RHINE
8-down – Office in springtime said to have emptied tea trolley : MAYORALTY
13-down – What’s yielding for bare bum? : FOAMRUBBER
14-down – Hotel owner is seen with a thousand small lizards : BASILISKS
16-down – Liberace is disheartened after very bad record : CHRONICLE
18-down – Wealth that is retained for those lacking generosity : MEANIES
19-down – Slim Pickens finally entering church free from sin : CLEANSE
21-down – Criminal found with ring? : FENCE
23-down – Lightning strike brings in first of pickets : RAPID
24-down – Fish on film dropping a stick : WAND
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.