This crossword No. 25692 clues and answers were published on Thu 19 Jul 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25692 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Home county backing to gain weight? Blimey! : STREWTH
5-across – Temperature not quite reduced by restricting sulphur in America — struggles : TUSSLES
9-across – Beryl’s second character? : STONE
10-across – Haunted, hassled and impregnated by knight king — not appreciated! : UNTHANKED
11-across – Trailer showing Mafia on French island getting Mo back to plug the ambassador? : MOBILEHOME
12-across – English novelist, it’s said — and the sort of press correspondent he once was? : WAR
14-across – Rigged local consent to get rid of line — China’s last resort : CLACTONONSEA
18-across – My colonel, he’d limp : CHOLMONDELEY
21-across – Infantry dismisses chosen test cooler : FAN
22-across – First leg of rail commuter’s journey: coach to go in the specifically provided container? : HOUSETRAIN
25-across – Disillusioned with a particular song, so no longer broadcasting : OFFTHEAIR
26-across – Maybe Vivien or Mike’s winter transport failing to start : LEIGH
27-across – Submissive type of crucifix rejected by Mother Teresa, initially : DOORMAT
28-across – Sire acquiring energy — with 9 + 4 is nominally said to be 21 6 : FEATHER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Tropical plant’s a mess when crushed by earth : SESAME
2-down – Figures rocks brim full of hydrogen and oxygen : RHOMBI
3-down – Take action against wrongly parked car with part of boot against back of traffic light? : WHEELCLAMP
4-down – Scottish meadow, hectare, that’s horrible : HAUGH
5-down – Temple too fancy: it stands emblematically : TOTEMPOLE
6-down – Writer’s seaside location broadcast : SHAW
7-down – Fancy comedy partner, moreover : LIKEWISE
8-down – Team : SIDEREAL
13-down – Powerful Dicky on top of a shrub : POTENTILLA
15-down – Hypocritical talk about working relative : CONSONANT
16-down – Support for public execution from small, vulgar eating place, behind the times : SCAFFOLD
17-down – Caught in tornado, poor fellow’s head is moving both ways : TOANDFRO
19-down – Not new, to apply decoration that’s showy : GARISH
20-down – Two articles on river to which bees are attracted : ANTHER
23-down – Lifted sacks, revealing character’s foot, say : SERIF
24-down – China’s much maligned : CHUM
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.