This crossword No. 25801 clues and answers were published on Fri 23 Nov 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25801 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – What UN Secretary-General does includes time to consider : MEDITATE
9-across – Defence plea of many a libidinous character? : ALIBI
10-across – Dairy product is shorter than short : BRIE
11-across – It’s much said to involve making a fortune : MIDASTOUCH
12-across – Deal is at hand, if 3 changes hands : WALMER
14-across – Trusty soldier exposed to risk : RELIABLE
15-across – It’s clap, but with treatment it can be altered : PLASTIC
17-across – Correcting sound composition? : WRITING
20-across – Throat condition that’s a bit rough for a casino worker : CROUPIER
22-across – My bass can be very deep : ABYSMS
23-across – Jollity — in a way she earns it : HEARTINESS
24-across – Light soil? : LAND
25-across – Ancient kingdom’s newsagents? : MEDIA
26-across – Unduly claim town lacks leadership : ARROGATE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Dance around here, perhaps, looking for a drink? : BEERHALL
2-down – To summon is sound sense : CITE
3-down – Hostilities over alien sea with rising heat : WARMER
4-down – Offers for nursing staff? : TENDERS
5-down – Paul’s fitted in vehicle like space craft : CAPSULAR
6-down – Flop, try as I might to make it in the kitchen : FILOPASTRY
7-down – Field wherein bankers’ bluff is called? : FISCAL
13-down – Disguise formed about square dance? : MASQUERADE
16-down – Unfriendly state after one car overturned : INIMICAL
18-down – Name gets a mention : NOMINATE
19-down – Footballers’ magazine? : ARSENAL
21-down – It’s unhealthily damp but not too confined, as they say : RHEUMY
22-down – Take in backward siblings with qualification : ABSORB
24-down – Sort of bricks for support with nothing underneath : LEGO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.