This crossword No. 22020 clues and answers were published on Wed 04 Oct 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22020 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Baby clothes in the lane? : CRAWLERS
5-across – Bats’ home to be left to fish : BELFRY
9-across – Open case, possibly, from being securely shut? : NOESCAPE
10-across – Meal in old France, not finishing the cake : GATEAU
12-across – Sentinel on guard duty has one, unlike a study in phonetics : LONGU
13-across – Spectacle was here or moved : RAREESHOW
14-across – Self-righteous gloating – posh politician, a prince, is in good condition : TRIUMPHALISM
18-across – 1 2, 2 2, _____ – passionate and angry at return of rebuff : HOTCROSSBUNS
21-across – Turn to divinity, its doctor to have the property of a seesaw : UPANDDOWN
23-across – Light of love? : TORCH
24-across – Turn in path going straight through the thatch : HATPIN
25-across – Remote object following 2 on the road : FARTHING
26-across – 19, perhaps, or sewer? : SINGER
27-across – Lyres, etc played under the rose : SECRETLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Light held in comparison with … : CANDLE
2-down – … price of book? : APENNY
3-down – One putting on coat presents a pound bill: odd? About right : LACQUERER
4-down – Touching instruments has an effect : REPERCUSSION
6-down – Dodge publicity during vigil : EVADE
7-down – New tune in the open : FRESHAIR
8-down – Bill for 2 25 presented by the 5 or 17’s : YOUOWEME
11-down – Company with English musicians in prison for expansive dressing : CREPEBANDAGE
15-down – Jotter in the year disposed to art : ANNOTATOR
16-down – Even if the way is upwards, there may be 2 for them : THOUGHTS
17-down – Tours leader in the fields : STMARTIN
19-down – Creator of 17 with nasal defects? : ARTIST
20-down – Say Turn: it’s your round: 2 for me! : THEGUY
22-down – Urge to take the wheel : DRIVE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.