This crossword No. 25811 clues and answers were published on Wed 05 Dec 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 25811 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Jaunty, emergent person broadcasting : DEBONAIR
9-across – See 2 : WORTH
10-across – Platinum-coated vessel that is said to gain attention on the quiet : PSST
11-across – Nuts queue hours : HUMORESQUE
12-across – Waste fluid and Sweeney’s foot dripping : SWEATY
14-across – Bucket on TV bulb : HYACINTH
15-across – See 13 : INPARIS
17-across – Setter’s just the thing, having polished off ape : IMITATE
20-across – City, central European situation, tops for perfumery ingredients : ESSENCES
22-across – Dark, sad, very oxygen-enriched creator of 4 26 : DVORAK
23-across – Unfussy as a consumer, Novello’s put in one-off threatening surroundings : OMNIVOROUS
24-across – See 21 : TIME
25-across – Force out? That’s nice : EXACT
26-across – See 4 : NEWWORLD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Scorer managed, in absentia, football team’s home success : GERSHWIN
2-down – Strove in speech with moral excellence for US city : FORT
3-down – Has dances confined by eg square dance movement : SASHAY
4-down – Month spent with Dr Werewolf, whence 13 15? : FROMTHE
5-down – Member employed to split the opposition? : SWORDARM
6-down – Ham actor, losing lead, is put off love : PROSCIUTTO
7-down – Force Faith to eat hat : THRUST
13-down – 1’s work could be, say, Warhol at the Louvre? : ANAMERICAN
16-down – Rudimentary travelling to China on back of horse : INCHOATE
18-down – Restraints of public transport around one third of the city : TRAMMELS
19-down – Has to undergo housing shock : ASTOUND
21-down – Adder stretch standard from 1 : SUMMER
22-down – Lives in blue abandon : DISOWN
24-down – God — soften sound! : THOR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.