This crossword No. 22659 clues and answers were published on Thu 24 Oct 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22659 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Jolly good fellow interrupted by lush, it may be, of which 25 is wished : BRITISHLUCK
9-across – Try a salute with silver in the house : HAVEAGO
10-across – Everything in the present is likely to go up : BALLOON
11-across – Tending to tend towards victory fed by broken rules : NURSELIKE
12-across – Knife used in kitchen, say? : KUKRI
13-across – Look for man with turban, say? : SEEK
14-across – Grey holds container turning oil to custard : ZABAGLIONE
16-across – C 24 – auctions in trouble : INSOUCIANT
19-across – Shoes for horses? On the contrary : STUD
21-across – When a Sikh has an honoured place among Hindus : NASIK
22-across – Well content with favourite part, a classy number : PETROLEUM
24-across – See 25 : AREFREE
25-across – Old city races hinge around wrongdoing by learner, I’m afraid, not being detained: love, for example, is nothing : THEBEST
26-across – Manually challenged, perhaps, with not enough people : SHORTHANDED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Singers from Yorkshire town caused one stress : BEVERLEYSISTERS
2-down – Buccaneer having lost his head – and his rag : IRATE
3-down – Am I a Scots endearment for a West Indian climber in the Pacific? : IWOJIMA
4-down – Dutch painter on rustic rostrum : HOBBEMA
5-down – Turn oven up at cathedral? I wouldn’t bet on it : UNLIKELY
6-down – Suppresses non-task – he choked, possibly : KNOCKSONTHEHEAD
7-down – See 25 : THINGS
8-down – See 25 : INLIFE
15-down – Cowboy raised young creature on South African plateau : BUCKAROO
16-down – Where there’s a charge for a Scotsman in Greek : IONIAN
17-down – Advance while the devil’s on holiday : IMPREST
18-down – Number for Venetian painter detailed in register : NOTITIA
20-down – Homework, as it were, comes round with German cotton : DIMITY
23-down – Exhortation to study The Maid of the Mountain : OREAD
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.