This crossword No. 22044 clues and answers were published on Wed 01 Nov 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22044 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Skilful strings play in tennis match : DOUBLESTOPPING
9-across – Unbroken part is healthy : WHOLESOME
10-across – Try to acquire outward skill in slang : ARGOT
11-across – Excerpt from Nazi bible put back in place : IBIZA
12-across – Appropriate length in a driving mechanism : PROPELLER
13-across – Not returning to Italy, perhaps, for key : TONALITY
14-across – Expedition to see sporting body in foreign attire : SAFARI
17-across – Makes financial provision on getting bad news about party : ENDOWS
19-across – Unusually daring, if demeaning : INFRADIG
22-across – Labourer having the power to act : OPERATIVE
24-across – Is to go back for a drink : PEPSI
25-across – Girl bringing back something worth having : TESSA
26-across – Let client exercise rational powers : INTELLECT
27-across – Cart-horse conducted to stable in theatre : ORCHESTRASTALL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Dejected after plucking birds with one’s teeth? : DOWNINTHEMOUTH
2-down – Ideally perfect note on new piano : UTOPIAN
3-down – Gladly permit to remain uncultivated : LIEFALLOW
4-down – Oliver, for example, getting Ruth to relent : SHOWPITY
5-down – State alternative to Ronay : OREGON
6-down – Tree with flat surface : PLANE
7-down – Boy taking novice a flower : NIGELLA
8-down – Its report should stimulate athletic progress : STARTINGPISTOL
15-down – Citadel producing a harvest on poor soil : ACROPOLIS
16-down – He hopes to make a profit from vines replanted on hill : INVESTOR
18-down – One who straightens furniture : DRESSER
20-down – Hollow tear produced by certain flies : DIPTERA
21-down – Object when time signal is put out for birds : PIPITS
23-down – Confound with a blow : ABASH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.