This crossword No. 25377 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Jul 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25377 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Get one’s own back : REPOSSESS
6-across – Attempt to form a party : BASH
8-across – Encircled friend making a comeback : RALLYING
9-across – Kind disposition : NATURE
10-across – Severely punished for being drunk : STONED
11-across – Runners allowed to enter various heats : ATHLETES
12-across – Wit of an animated priest : ESPRIT
15-across – Set off for school in time : DETONATE
16-across – Notice fewer without blemish : SPOTLESS
19-across – They make us cold and wet : CLOUDS
21-across – He lacked a fourth at bridge : HORATIUS
22-across – Oil found somewhere in southeast Europe, say : GREASE
24-across – A sweet’s round and in layers : STRATA
25-across – At sea no rating is lacking in knowledge : IGNORANT
26-across – Build-up of runs — they may retain the Ashes : URNS
27-across – One suffering heat burns : SUNBATHER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Respond to plea to return to the stage : REACT
2-down – Publicist covers new lines in lager : PILSNER
3-down – Reacted like a startled horse and threw : SHIED
4-down – Defile and glen in the country : ENGLAND
5-down – Mock the northern city’s affectation : SYNTHETIC
6-down – Bird of the frozen North : BITTERN
7-down – Refused it anyway, having had more than enough : SURFEITED
13-down – Stay to eat and drink : SUPPORTER
14-down – Sheridan’s competitors? : THERIVALS
17-down – They take the strain out of brewing : TEABAGS
18-down – Meeting that has no standing? : SESSION
20-down – In this world, or possibly another : ONEARTH
22-down – Sail out of port : GENOA
23-down – A Spaniard of Norse extraction : SENOR
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.