This crossword No. 22348 clues and answers were published on Wed 24 Oct 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22348 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Just a single parent : UNIPAROUS
10-across – Tell a tall tale and get the thread of it? : SPINA
11-across – Rider, first away, wins 1 pound following the others … : LAGGARD
12-across – … and the others must inspire Gothic endings : ETHICAL
13-across – Ready to drop ad? : HALF
14-across – Jill of all trades – and how many, roughly : HANDYWOMAN
15-across – Labourer came first to invest the fluctuating mark : WORKMAN
17-across – Narco ends off being overwhelmed by Brave New World drug growth : SARCOMA
19-across – Confident? Some nerve! I’m first to be taken in : OPTIMISTIC
22-across – See 13 : DEAD
23-across – Bristol fashion porter : ORDERLY
24-across – Sharon is raising kings in 11 : ISRAELI
26-across – Take note of queues forming for Shaffer’s play : EQUUS
27-across – Freewheels before getting to another place : ELSEWHERE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – se a blindfold to lead solvers up the garden path? : PULLTHEWOOLOVER
2-down – Strange one! : SINGULAR
3-down – One with inside knowledge set up the fiesta : GALA
4-down – See 10 : GOODYARN
5-down – Map makers lean to port : OSTEND
6-down – One takes pains to avoid amphetamine pills and Swiss pot : ESCHEWER
7-down – Friends, perhaps, arrive shortly after rest : SITCOM
8-down – Have known better days to chance upon Dickens’ work : FALLONHARDTIMES
16-down – Mind clumsy sommelier dropping second claret? : MEMORISE
17-down – Superlatively unctuous list re-drawn to accommodate van der Rohe : SLIMIEST
18-down – See 1 : ONESEYES
20-down – Stomach having to accept journalist : TEDIUM
21-down – Probe away to capture revolting peasant? Not right! : STYLET
25-down – Barney’s rackets : ROWS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.