This crossword No. 25638 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 May 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25638 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sleazy guy’s article in Paris Match on how to open a French letter : LECHER
4-across – He preserves 1/6th of an inch marble bust : EMBALMER
9-across – Hot drink and porridge for him! : INMATE
10-across – Force to apprehend associates returning directly : SLAPBANG
11-across – Prepared for roistering around area where buffets are common : ROARINGFORTIES
13-across – Abandoned UK province rejected Luther’s Reformed Church : INTHELURCH
14-across – Foreign ruler with recipe for jelly : AGAR
16-across – Desire endless hot soak : LUSH
18-across – Disgruntled peasant gets stuck in to more agreeable beverage : TONICWATER
21-across – Conservative attitude is fixed aim in old artist : TRADITIONALISM
23-across – High-flying female gulls heard by a Roman road : AVIATRIX
24-across – Silver, say, is good value : PIRATE
25-across – Online swine strikes with pointed remarks : EPIGRAMS
26-across – Going out with Frenchman from the right society : EGRESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Ex-PM losing head in retreat : LAIR
2-down – Millions invested in business stake — it may promote growth : COMPOST
3-down – Old newspaperman, having admitted wrong, made a racket? : EXTORTED
5-down – Wrongdoing from the anti-feminist league? : MALEFACTION
6-down – Regularly wearied by a politician’s current measure : AMPERE
7-down – Objectively, I gain ground introducing new import : MEANING
8-down – Recorder playing air gets in right runs : REGISTRAR
12-down – Personality disorder raging in Tom Cruise : NEUROTICISM
13-down – Mail late as express isn’t complete — that’s awkward : ILLATEASE
15-down – House is grand; nothing dirty’s shown up : DWELLING
17-down – Tongue was strained greeting a couple from Lithuania : SWAHILI
19-down – He has left the property : TESTATE
20-down – German combatant in the Battle of the Bulge? : DIETER
22-down – Footballing whiz dropping back in muddle : MESS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.