This crossword No. 25631 clues and answers were published on Wed 09 May 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25631 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Main toy is destroyed — ill feeling results : ANIMOSITY
10-across – English detective attends court ruling : EDICT
11-across – Pitt discharged from Outpatients wearing robe : SOUTANE
12-across – Retire around 50, then party! : BLOWOUT
13-across – She returns in an instant : NINA
14-across – Turn up repeatedly before noon? That’s ridiculous : COCKAMAMIE
16-across – Boy played with headless dog : SAMOYED
17-across – Drives over to workforce of women : DISTAFF
19-across – Posturing wildly, gripping pole below the belt : UNSPORTING
22-across – Case held in perpetuity : ETUI
24-across – Try to catch the girl : HEATHER
25-across – Queen embraces new quiz game : BEZIQUE
26-across – City given half the capital for material : NYLON
27-across – Reticent judge about to butt in : INTERJECT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Oriental leaves circuit, having chanted verses about painful outburst : LAPSANGSOUCHONG
2-down – Plant flying bomb behind packing container : VIBURNUM
3-down – Today? Forever? Never! : NOWAY
4-down – Kindling passion prior to deal : FIREWOOD
5-down – Other ’alf goes back into Denmark for spirit : DYBBUK
6-down – One changing others with first-class intervention? : REFORMIST
7-down – Wind-up children’s characters, new out : SIMOOM
8-down – One holding torch trips — batteries fly out : STATUEOFLIBERTY
15-down – Instrument to chop — sharpen axes first : XYLOPHONE
17-down – After sound of bell try looking up symbolic text : DINGBATS
18-down – Hostile towards endless pursuit of relics : ANTIQUES
20-down – Principal way to core fruit : STAPLE
21-down – Preserver of the Ancients — salt and heart of plum? : TARPIT
23-down – Ezra Pound’s heartbroken shade : AZURE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.