This crossword No. 25770 clues and answers were published on Thu 18 Oct 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25770 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Reversing vehicle, man — doing this? : BACKING
5-across – Chemical element + 1 across, 21 – 50 : SULPHUR
9-across – Run time for England batsman : TROTT
10-across – Former UN leader squeezing daughter behind priest, the worm : ANNELIDAN
11-across – Roman poet about to make a mistake, study being disregarded : OVERRIDDEN
12-across – Queen’s comment cut, first of expletives smothered : MEOW
14-across – 1 down x C = pillow talk? : BEDTIMESTORY
18-across – Carrier bigger than rocks found by middle of cove : OVERNIGHTBAG
21-across – Bung stops, no power circulating : TOSS
22-across – Issue for arm stuck in shoe : PROMULGATE
25-across – Journalist capturing relative in colour drawing : PENANDINK
26-across – Beat time, having raised orchestral baton, initially : THROB
27-across – Dry figure ÷ 5 across : THIRSTY
28-across – Stocktaker’s loss, for a start, in something corroding : RUSTLER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A total — or partial — ass? : BOTTOM
2-down – Dove embracing peace, primarily, for 19 23 : COOPER
3-down – Bury intense emotion, upset in periods lacking leadership : INTERREGNA
4-down – Piano for a couple of monkeys : GRAND
5-down – Lean’s ultimate director in fat hat : SUNHELMET
6-down – Opera singer : LULU
7-down – Animal ending in both two corners? : HEDGEHOG
8-down – Fugitives wary as unprepared? : RUNAWAYS
13-down – As it is, reel off Jacob’s descendants : ISRAELITES
15-down – Savage going after wild animal, a bloomer : TIGERLILY
16-down – Thing frequently aboard ship, vessel : SOFTSPOT
17-down – Gas : HELSINKI
19-down – Tidier rings round wood by pub craftsman : BARREL
20-down – Possibly arm one with a club : MEMBER
23-down – See 19 : MAKER
24-down – Responsibility not yours, then? : ONUS
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.