This crossword No. 25768 clues and answers were published on Tue 16 Oct 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25768 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Cleft in the German bum? : DRIFTER
5-across – Potentate ditching ambassador is leading character in Moslem religion : SIKHISM
9-across – Elegant wee hinny : BIJOU
10-across – Dominant savage worries about interrupting : MASTERFUL
11-across – Reinforce Regent Street’s conclusion with NHS reforms : STRENGTHEN
12-across – Objectionable progeny born to traitor : BRAT
14-across – Wimp’s last quote I’m revising : MILQUETOAST
18-across – Town’s sink grammar school given illicit puff : BASINGSTOKE
21-across – Pretty Polly’s slip : TYPO
22-across – What to do with an acute etc? : ACCENTUATE
25-across – Singer for whom each tune’s different : CHANTEUSE
26-across – Fury about spacewoman : IRENE
27-across – Former member of vegetable kingdom carrying men beyond the fringe : EXTREME
28-across – Labour to keep arbitrator in clover : TREFOIL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Corrupt scholars in river : DEBASE
2-down – Being one of 12 getting hurt : INJURY
3-down – Solicitor nabs service people, securing title in contest : TOURNAMENT
4-down – Appointed task — turning back the clock? : REMIT
5-down – Drawn-out tune : SOSTENUTO
6-down – Kingfisher ditching Queen’s boat? : KEEL
7-down – Damned growth infecting broken nail : INFERNAL
8-down – Tell partner to keep Shed drunk : MILITATE
13-down – Savvy East tires West out : STREETWISE
15-down – Parasite consuming castaway — it’s on a road to nowhere : LOSTCAUSE
16-down – Let jazz fans into joint, endlessly upset : OBSTACLE
17-down – Sloping round pub, raised walking stick : ASHPLANT
19-down – Apply sense of sight and smell to garden feature : GAZEBO
20-down – Have a good time, taking in a show … : REVEAL
23-down – … happening while there’s still time : EVENT
24-down – Complaint that’s left out of fashion : STYE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.