This crossword No. 25699 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 Jul 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25699 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Cast a stone in Devon : SEATON
4-across – Those with a twitch as a leitmotif? : THEMATIC
9-across – Good scope for a crafty move? : GAMBIT
10-across – Impractical person who rigged sail in rough tide? : IDEALIST
11-across – Collision course? : CRASHPROGRAMME
13-across – For each family member to be entirely unknown as an individual : PERSONALLY
14-across – Pagan god carried by carthorse? : THOR
16-across – Sin for which diplomat has nothing to lose : ENVY
18-across – Mint for a girl and two boys : PENNYROYAL
21-across – Is it caused by a thing that goes bump? : DISTURBEDNIGHT
23-across – Other than a lion — perhaps something less concrete : NOTIONAL
24-across – Fermented grapes and rolled tobacco : GASPER
25-across – Who classically breaks a horse but a noble French lady? : MARQUISE
26-across – Fay produces old and new works : WELDON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Pudding might do as a starter, we’re told : SAGO
2-down – Lover madly married … : ADMIRER
3-down – … failing in duty beyond love : OMISSION
5-down – Extremely heavy fall over inland Spain that skimmed water : HYDROPLANED
6-down – Many a bore is barren : MEAGRE
7-down – One in ruff, hard to overcome : TRIUMPH
8-down – Church performance to lead chart : CATHEDRAL
12-down – Help to worship unlikely to be spread by ear : PRAYERBEADS
13-down – Afterthought proper to turn up on my return, having assumed title : PSEUDONYM
15-down – Reading a publication from the gutter? : DRAINAGE
17-down – Take a chair after six or one may not stay : VISITOR
19-down – Unknown party leader fell in like a fork in the road : YSHAPED
20-down – Union leader gets kudos for solving a puzzle : SUDOKU
22-down – Lawrence lost a shoestring and got the bird : WREN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.