This crossword No. 25649 clues and answers were published on Wed 30 May 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25649 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Town’s serenades interrupting cook : BASINGSTOKE
9-across – Original film with old boy knocking out a US criminal : MOBSTER
10-across – Trendy person of faith has rejected cathedral impressively : INSTYLE
11-across – Bird that’s cold entering a hot nest after flying : STONECHAT
12-across – Big effort brings supreme happiness, all but : HEAVE
13-across – Little girl facing the unknown in a place of great crisis : SUEZ
14-across – No longer individual gets slated, being pronounced innocent : EXONERATED
16-across – Spread to excite gourmet and pal : PROMULGATE
19-across – Pasquale’s an artist, first to last! : MINE
21-across – Glossy boats from stern to bow : SLEEK
22-across – Oppose profits pocketed by stupid person? : GOAGAINST
24-across – Nourishment from fruit worker’s consumed : ALIMENT
25-across – Learn to have admirable scepticism when listening : FINDOUT
26-across – Andy rather than Grant providing ingredient for home-made wine? : ELDERFLOWER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See me repeatedly boo a Britney pop song that she sings : BABYONEMORETIME
2-down – Bristly bits must be regularly extracted from sweet face : SETAE
3-down – Hurried up with the cross somewhere in church? : NARTHEX
4-down – In love and almost ecstatic holding hand : SMITTEN
5-down – Cell consisting of three round objects : OOSPHERE
6-down – Baronet, hairy man, frightful beast on Greek mountain : ERYMANTHIANBOAR
7-down – One’s ending with muck around one — as a result of this? : EMESIS
8-down – Support brilliant objective : DEFEND
15-down – Spooner’s ungainly person to fix down in part of ship : BULKHEAD
16-down – Mathematician from China embracing a leading pair of scientists : PASCAL
17-down – One may produce smile, not half, going about stage being funny : GAGSTER
18-down – Emotional rugby group left after meal : TEARFUL
20-down – Car with Spanish identification, say : ESTATE
23-down – A set of directions hardly used : ASNEW
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.