This crossword No. 25566 clues and answers were published on Thu 23 Feb 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25566 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
4-across – Bumble, before and after the box, to abandon abstaining from skating : JACKIN
6-across – Note worried Sikhs in problem with scales : FISHSKIN
9-across – See 4 : OFFICE
10-across – Calculate spin given to ball and have new ideas with the box : THINKOUT
11-across – Twisting of a choir’s tail that didn’t really happen : AHISTORICAL
15-across – River birds that work with music : DEEJAYS
17-across – Land-based American at sea honours English : ONSHORE
18-across – Write a line with thanks about river for the box : PENALTYAREA
22-across – Book about paints requiring hard work : TOILSOME
23-across – Fragile opener should be boxed : FOUGHT
24-across – Excuse a little colour without energy, maybe, on box : PLEATING
25-across – See 7 : GARDEN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Performed to a small house near Oxford : DIDCOT
2-down – Secondary establishment for stinking fish? : HIGHSCHOOL
3-down – Nasty problem with roofing tiles : SHINGLES
4-down – Danger of substituting topless cat for love in joy : JEOPARDY
5-down – Number of those made to pay money put in box : COFFINED
7-down – Speed possible danger, demarcated by box : KNOT
8-down – Must be A, B, C, D, F, or G then? : NOTE
12-down – Ordered people to go back to junction with grudge : RESENTMENT
13-down – Floppy disc initially needs ironing but stays floppy : NONRIGID
14-down – Repeat fix for one with a whistle and a gun : REFASTEN
16-down – Relevant order to take chair when primate’s about : APPOSITE
19-down – One doing good service to solvers at sultanate : YEOMAN
20-down – Slight progress — bird all gone by Boxing Day commemoration : STEP
21-down – See 10 : SIDE
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.