This crossword No. 22080 clues and answers were published on Wed 13 Dec 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22080 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Star playing Castro : CASTOR
5-across – Tree could be so creamy : SYCAMORE
9-across – Whips made by Iris Fitzgerald? : FLAGELLA
10-across – Pale start for sodium flares : LIGHTS
11-across – Trains miss out on delivery system : TRANSMISSION
13-across – Lion among the Romans : HERO
14-across – Constellation of corona and 17 : NORTHERN
17-across – 14 10 could, perhaps, be sailor stealing Aurora : BOREALIS
18-across – What is left of the spider? : REST
20-across – Essential extracts from the press : CONCENTRATES
23-across – Blue rooms out east : MOROSE
24-across – Unreasonable way of paying a poet? : PERVERSE
25-across – Athletes who cover the floor supply : GYMNASTS
26-across – Star cut back on light : POLLUX
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Wife leaves nincompoop for friend : ALLY
3-down – Line up for balancing act : TIGHTROPE
4-down – Give Browning, say, a new lease of life : RELOAD
5-down – I left Sparta in distress, waving flag : STARSANDSTRIPES
6-down – Cyril and Leo playing in coalmine : COLLIERY
7-down – He used sorcery – a mug’s game! : MAGUS
8-down – Return gets errors amended : RETROGRESS
12-down – Study of devils does me only good! : DEMONOLOGY
15-down – Difficult case for the rigidly orthodox : HARDSHELL
16-down – Amazing saves made by unsighted goalkeeper? : BLINDERS
19-down – Provoke tumult in high places : STIRUP
21-down – See 14 : CROWN
22-down – Jacob’s brother in the sauna : ESAU
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.