This crossword No. 25812 clues and answers were published on Thu 06 Dec 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25812 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Director blows up record : PRODUCER
9-across – Get up about noon for a quick dip : RINSE
10-across – Schools’ governor? Not half! : GOVE
11-across – Plant that makes roads collapse : DAMASKROSE
12-across – Foreigners express gratitude with a chunk of Olde England : MERCIA
14-across – Roger, as in building material : CASEMENT
16-across – Billingsgate titfer held plate for fish : BLOATER
18-across – Some science in firm grip of an extremist : FASCIST
21-across – Commercial sea song? : MERCHANT
23-across – English wearing a winning medal is nothing new : AGEOLD
24-across – College enough for a little theology : AMPLEFORTH
26-across – Vehicle turns over, but not altogether : TRAP
27-across – Ulster order was turned to stone : NIOBE
28-across – One man able to produce a legume : LIMABEAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Tree-dwelling, headless snake climbs — true! : ARBOREAL
2-down – Paid less — lacking pass, not working : IDLE
3-down – Listlessness can make one reject help : ACEDIA
4-down – Setter is in a blessed state, despite expression : GRIMACE
5-down – Flower not entirely like the Taoiseach : IRIS
6-down – Hector’s wife had Cameron shattered : ANDROMACHE
7-down – Item in service reported to decrease : LESSON
13-down – One with the opportunity to turn round? : CHANCELLOR
15-down – Source of water in outer space? : SPA
17-down – The old days are over : ERA
19-down – Put by for Jack abroad : SALTAWAY
20-down – Reptiles, not soft but awkwardly unproductive : STERILE
22-down – Little time before surrounding an animal : ERMINE
23-down – In a book about the beginning of history : ATHOME
25-down – Hired a straight man : FEED
26-down – Check acceptable but proscribed : TABU
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.