This crossword No. 25714 clues and answers were published on Tue 14 Aug 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25714 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – French composer’s freedom restricted by returning offspring : DELIBES
5-across – Group of schoolchildren stumped by paper : STREAM
9-across – See 10 : FRIEDMAN
10-across – Economist, one foregoing Keynes, famed in Republican manoeuvring : MILTON
12-across – PROFIT? : CAPITALGAINS
15-across – Foul reek — old and new sewers produce it : NEEDLEWORK
17-across – Novelist lacking close friend : AMI
19-across – Online paper shows amphibian : EFT
20-across – One raising issue about letters backing the legislators : PARLIAMENT
22-across – Borderline character with impudence remains wild : FRONTIERSMAN
26-across – Novel that’s hilarious, one getting thanks : LOLITA
27-across – Complaint about jerk being an MP : POLITICO
28-across – Filthy place was first to be knocked into shape : STYLED
29-across – Stop media manipulation happening! : PREVENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Take off from party with maximum volume : DOFF
2-down – Frenchwoman’s distant, a bit of a cow, perhaps : LOIN
3-down – Very hot in Spain, the poor young socialite’s overcome : BEDDABLE
4-down – Eastern mystic’s morning in the Belgravia area : SWAMI
6-down – Model having shoots : TWIGGY
7-down – Old pet, heard outside, is set free : EXTRICATED
8-down – Car goes around in gear just over bottom : MINISKIRTS
11-down – Police trap criminal with heart of gold : PATROL
13-down – How 10’s 18 25 starts abrupt current decline : ANGELFALLS
14-down – Whence one gets milk and a sandwich very regularly : TEATROLLEY
16-down – Starbuck’s first found here, healthier and with topping : WHALER
18-down – Garden is planted in March : PARADISE
21-down – Woman eating cheap products displays figure : STATUE
23-down – What journalist wants — Sun to shut up : SCOOP
24-down – See 25 : TIME
25-down – What one makes up for depraved sentence : LOST
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.