This crossword No. 25762 clues and answers were published on Tue 09 Oct 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25762 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – See 1 down : TWISTER
5-across – Pontiac hit by 1 across, say : CAPTION
9-across – Second generation immigrant from Japan is 18 : NISEI
10-across – Groundhog Day in court, Charlie boy? : WOODCHUCK
11-across – Regularly not fit to eat soup for starters in American mess : UNTIDINESS
12-across – Time? It often flies : BIRD
14-across – As a result of this, finds Aha! cry reverberating around Goole perhaps : ARCHAEOLOGY
18-across – Complaint from fairy to fool involves Shakespeare’s leading characters : PERITONITIS
21-across – Every single part of a river bar its source : EACH
22-across – Slanderous article after female made out with politician : DEFAMATORY
25-across – Spooner’s eponymous heroine retails these? : SEASHELLS
26-across – Port for city of Newcastle? It hardly has what’s needed : LEITH
27-across – Drunk that’s chosen to be legless? On the contrary : PICKLED
28-across – Sprinkles Lord’s pitch, preventing openers getting stuck in : PEPPERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Are you texting in tweets, having got confused? It’s hard to say : TONGUE
2-down – One unit’s out of place? Yes and no : INSITU
3-down – Sort of policy that’s beneath Nick Clegg? : THIRDPARTY
4-down – Shade round bottom of willow tree : ROWAN
5-down – Annoyed about one social worker’s role, say : CROISSANT
6-down – Kiss head off spot : PECK
7-down – As one child under 11 hugs sister : INUNISON
8-down – Yankee editor briefly edited the Observer, unassisted : NAKEDEYE
13-down – Fish eaten : CODSWALLOP
15-down – Clotted cream’s first to have gone off, Mr.Jones : CONGEALED
16-down – Cat circumnavigating ocean capsizes as one gains momentum : SPEEDSUP
17-down – Chair and cot knocked over with feet being the long and the short of it : TROCHAIC
19-down – Use force to control opening offer in topless joint : POLICE
20-down – Fever Pitch essentially has a variety of pushy characters : TYPHUS
23-down – Greek river with body of water rising : AESOP
24-down – Small bottle without a name : PHIL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.