This crossword No. 25567 clues and answers were published on Fri 24 Feb 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25567 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bringing up a storybook character round about ancient city, getting into trouble : REGURGITATION
10-across – Back door user to handle arrow, holding spearhead back : TRADESMAN
11-across – Pathetic character wanting women to heave : RETCH
12-across – Such figures end in such a figure : ROUND
13-across – Recorder thrust right into bum : REGISTRAR
14-across – Drinking place where bard reflected about tree : TEASHOP
16-across – Roundhead boarding weary compiler’s boat : TRIREME
18-across – Undistinguished home secured by blade : ONESTAR
20-across – Heroin embargo almost ruined part of Africa : MAGHREB
21-across – Fat European straddling Germany, having lost crown : POLLARDED
23-across – Max maintains love is a recurring theme : TOPOS
24-across – Welsh valley spoken of in Spanish city : RONDA
25-across – So 10 almost bypasses most of county town : THEREFORE
26-across – ENO FAQs peed us off at one of their productions? : QUEENOFSPADES
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Utter cry of delight about lots of Cajun cooking : EJACULATE
3-down – Bend, hang and invert : UPEND
4-down – It’s sweet of Republicans to keep banging drum : GUMDROP
5-down – Drunk carrying on with Bernstein number : TONIGHT
6-down – Dynamic corrosion infecting object : THRUSTING
7-down – Piscivore and outrageous queen : OTTER
8-down – Raised squadron leader, concerned with Children In Need, to adopt Mr Nazi’s bully-boys? : STORMTROOPERS
9-down – One singer left in county; another on drug amid unknowns : SHIRLEYBASSEY
15-down – Favourite 20 once involving a death? RIP : HITPARADE
17-down – Screwed-up hero getting award from Little Englander? : EUROPHOBE
19-down – Old party spot on time in former capital : RIDOTTO
20-down – Documents about crazy Dane — or his problem? : MADNESS
22-down – Name written in the water — French or Austrian poet? : LENAU
23-down – Article on origins of troubled adolescent character : THETA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.