This crossword No. 25786 clues and answers were published on Tue 06 Nov 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25786 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A leg’s an odd item on the menu : LASAGNE
5-across – Rider rejected transvestite garments from old witch : HAGGARD
9-across – Natural growth fostered by grain company : ORGANIC
10-across – Puffer with little weight of matter : GRAMPUS
11-across – Plead to dine out over monastic service : INTERCEDE
12-across – Hook loses head with anger : IRATE
13-across – Present letter to Jones : ENDOW
15-across – It’s strange, not being told : UNRELATED
17-across – Joiner of golfer’s complement? : WOODSCREW
19-across – Revolutionary bears a weapon : SABRE
22-across – Some of the day a doctor is on hand : THUMB
23-across – Keep it under your hat! : TOPSECRET
25-across – Various names turn sail into sea : ALIASES
26-across – Ointment for a Frenchman round the bend? : UNGUENT
27-across – Relief with mid-river shelter : DETENTE
28-across – Genuine, because given religious education : SINCERE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cat like Pope? : LEONINE
2-down – Able to see where it’s said to be placed : SIGHTED
3-down – King held singular character with scant hope : GONER
4-down – Purse made former companion turn queer : EXCHEQUER
5-down – Politician gets hot with fever : HAGUE
6-down – Plant cheerful with promises — about a pound : GLADIOLUS
7-down – Tarmac orders snake to stop : ASPHALT
8-down – Swell managed without a gun : DISTEND
14-down – Ash bin was upset, making this a necessity : WASHBASIN
16-down – One of them can go to the hole in the wall for part of 17 across : RAWLPLUGS
17-down – Dawn let loose about Romney? : WETLAND
18-down – Is clout appropriate for treating the 2? : OCULIST
20-down – Asian gets me in 4 : BURMESE
21-down – Style — some present it less than others : ENTITLE
23-down – Piece of metal plate or cup elsewhere : TASSE
24-down – Nigel playing with marbles? : ELGIN
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.