This crossword No. 25733 clues and answers were published on Wed 05 Sep 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25733 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Instant support : SECOND
4-across – Booze or smack? : WALLOP
9-across – Lacking reputation despite anything to the contrary : NOTWITHSTANDING
10-across – Nationalist leader had gin cocktail : GANDHI
11-across – Odds on getting good service : EVENSONG
12-across – Called into action, when out to lunch : DERANGED
14-across – Romeo was sick, when criticised : RAILED
15-across – Bellini heroine left well-adjusted : NORMAL
18-across – Look for the men of Smithfield : BUTCHERS
21-across – Put off drinking? I am showing calibre! : DIAMETER
22-across – Reproach worker trapping vermin : BERATE
24-across – Cover trials only, perhaps, in a contentious way : CONTROVERSIALLY
25-across – Wrinkled, being submerged about an hour : SHRUNK
26-across – Relative runs away from trouble : BOTHER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Theatre adopts alternative accommodation : STORAGE
2-down – Browbeaten officer got married : COWED
3-down – Bagatelle overturned on night out : NOTHING
5-down – Enthusiast accepted pal’s posh recipe : AMATEUR
6-down – Female metalworker relieved in South Africa : LADYSMITH
7-down – Zionist leader leaves Cornish town as act of atonement : PENANCE
8-down – Mount fashionable dances : ASCEND
13-down – Two masters introduced to change their own college : ALMAMATER
16-down – Zero? Less than zero? About zero? That’s unpromising! : OMINOUS
17-down – Tolerate drink that’s a disappointment : LETDOWN
18-down – Hurtful counterplot? : BARBED
19-down – Sauce bachelor’s put in Mexican food : TABASCO
20-down – Chatterbox loses head when seeing snake : RATTLER
23-down – Get to deliver a sermon, but not quietly : REACH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.