This crossword No. 22324 clues and answers were published on Wed 26 Sep 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22324 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Very funny comedian marked on map with 9 : KILLINGFIELDS
10-across – Stag at bingo, would-be seducer in 13 : HARTHOUSE
11-across – Wearing Sikh headgear, monarch comes in between cities : INTER
12-across – Grace Darling’s tree : CEDAR
13-across – Letters to Dear Smith by … : HARDTIMES
14-across – … writer, Adler’s alias, surrounded by birds : CHARLES
16-across – Agriculture only possible for younger people? : TILLAGE
18-across – Invigilate lines in Old English : OVERSEE
20-across – See 14 : DICKENS
21-across – 25’s son-in-law obliged to run into horse-race : BOUNDERBY
23-across – A load of French snails : CARGO
24-across – Take to backing a mindless operator : ROBOT
25-across – Protagonist of 13 gets new grid, about 1,000 pounds : GRADGRIND
26-across – Not getting anywhere hot, lined off with percussion : INTHEDOLDRUMS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Cross about bungled raid? Make it clear : IRRADIATE
3-down – Composer for the single harmonica : LEHAR
4-down – Crosses alternative shotgun out : NOUGHTS
5-down – Buddy ornament for old city amid ships : FLEURET
6-down – I lost out entering poem consisting of letters : EPISTOLIC
7-down – Information: I’m not sure when I heard it … : DATUM
8-down – French tea, nuts and porridge, less thrilling to Wordsworth : THECUCKOOBIRD
9-down – Quarrelled with news-papermen among these : CROSSEDSWORDS
15-down – Eleventh hour landing in the sea? : LASTDITCH
17-down – Soul is not immortal, I allege, and memory is included : AVERROISM
19-down – Awfully angered : ENRAGED
20-down – Nothing but stones : DRYWALL
22-down – See 11 : URBAN
23-down – Smoke rising tragically without account : CIGAR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.