This crossword No. 25757 clues and answers were published on Wed 03 Oct 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25757 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Ministry reversal of rule on not skating : FOREIGNOFFICE
9-across – Sausage is beginning to cook, as far as one can see? Not quite : CHORIZO
10-across – Kind of memory that returns to engulf a little fighter : MATADOR
11-across – Copy topless constraint : IMITATION
12-across – Spikes on shoes : LACES
13-across – Be patient and join me in serving diners : LETS
14-across – Writer involved in a recent riot shows remorse : REPENTANCE
16-across – In reality time after time follows small preference for the last course : SWEETTOOTH
19-across – See 13 : WAIT
20-across – Elizabeth I certainly demonstrates this principle : ETHIC
21-across – Fancy bathing costume with broken thong missing came out of Merseyside : BEATMUSIC
23-across – Abandon lease, having found a small tear, perhaps : DROPLET
24-across – Acts of robbery cause delays : HOLDUPS
25-across – A tall nut — aren’t nuts a gift? : NATURALTALENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Husky voice of lover, when swallowed by Miss Piggy? : FROGINTHETHROAT
2-down – Yoghurt from Austria leaving us confused : RAITA
3-down – Love vow lies shattered : IDOLISE
4-down – I’m on an upwards course, born to be a candidate : NOMINEE
5-down – Pointlessness of fuse? : FUTILITY
6-down – Dine out on little money, since sailor reported crime : INDECENTASSAULT
7-down – This perhaps occupies fully Mr Little Englander? : EUROSCEPTICISM
8-down – Sick in pain with East Enders, finish on weak spot : ACHILLESTENDON
15-down – Pedant has left in the price tag : STICKLER
17-down – Going round in circles, Tony Blair ignores the base of UN resolution : ORBITAL
18-down – Put up paintings, accepting pain in the neck : TRACHEA
22-down – Give me shelter from the riot : MELEE
This crossword has in total 26 where 14 are across and 12 are down.