This crossword No. 22627 clues and answers were published on Tue 17 Sep 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22627 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Naked celebrities entertaining king and queen : STARKERS
9-across – Actor turned away as the elephant man : MAHOUT
10-across – Shakespeare’s mistress displays the same unknown quantities : DOXY
11-across – Conquest finished by Advent : OVERCOMING
12-across – Jack was sick in jug : JAILED
14-across – Volcanic rock around volcano – outside inside? : ANDESITE
15-across – Old school quadrangle : SQUARE
17-across – King giving order? Right on! : OBERON
20-across – He’d put on raincoat with fashionable lining, not handmade : MACHINED
22-across – Perfume for the hair might appear strange on horse : BAYRUM
23-across – Queen’s radio broadcast, for example, presented by the Foreign Office in Paris : QUAIDORSAY
24-across – Sweet jester : FOOL
25-across – What slimmer wouldn’t expect to appraise? : SIZEUP
26-across – Drug baron finally getting lorry outside Columbia : NARCOTIC
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Excessive guy getting in outsize furniture : OTTOMANS
2-down – Father always joined in a brawl : FRAY
3-down – Final letter about deer set at nought : ZEROED
4-down – Fishing boat goes to fish? Exactly! : SMACKDAB
5-down – Poet translating myth or saga : THOMASGRAY
6-down – Direction in boat that may bear fruit? : PUNNET
8-down – Notice saying Playground Equipment : SEESAW
13-down – Hearing aid? Old haulier’s transported : LOUDHAILER
16-down – Churchill managed to move slowly round hospital : RANDOLPH
18-down – Personality disorder not initially terribly serious : NEUROSIS
19-down – Puzzling child, as favourite may be : ODDSON
21-down – Section of climbing trail up Alps in Italy : APULIA
22-down – Ex-minister entertaining upper-class people with money to spend : BUYERS
24-down – What beaters do with game that’s put up : FLOG
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.