This crossword No. 25437 clues and answers were published on Mon 26 Sep 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25437 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Adopt self-regulating volume control : SOFTPEDAL
8-across – She’s a mother twice over : MADAM
9-across – Silence on reform shows lack of respect : INSOLENCE
10-across – Quietly departed with the silver : PLATE
12-across – Leading lady cut short with smack : HEROIN
13-across – Regular correspondence between sides : SYMMETRY
14-across – It’s normally kept by the fireplace or sink : SCUTTLE
17-across – Show anger in hair-raising fashion : BRISTLE
20-across – Keep small cash book : PRESERVE
22-across – Capital — the big smoke? : HAVANA
24-across – Cultivated Scandinavian : SWEDE
25-across – Takeover bid made by the committed buyer : FIRMOFFER
26-across – Nobleman about fifty-odd : DROLL
27-across – Lacking a cryptic clue? It’s not important : MINUSCULE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Make sharp attack upon Reformed Church : POUNCE
2-down – Was prominent among those who refused to yield : STOODOUT
3-down – Humble cleric embraced me : DEMEAN
4-down – Body found in the motorist’s boot, perhaps : CARCASE
5-down – False alibi initially excluded by Scottish magistrate : BAILIE
6-down – Poem completed but not written down : PASTORAL
11-down – Ancient mariner’s story upset Arab prince : EMIR
15-down – Capsized oarsman in vessel is in distress : CAREWORN
16-down – The attraction of misrule : LURE
18-down – The purpose of the visor is to avoid humiliation : SAVEFACE
19-down – Doctor liaised for sitting clergy : SEDILIA
21-down – Cut lumber : SADDLE
22-down – Fashionable doctor caught in embrace? That’s sweet! : HUMBUG
23-down – Has it a piercing eye? Quite the opposite : NEEDLE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.