This crossword No. 22762 clues and answers were published on Mon 24 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22762 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Team not made up of stars : SIDEREAL
9-across – Done, so may be caught : NOOSED
10-across – I’d turn in at the entrance : ADIT
11-across – Trading centre quick to take in a victim : FLEAMARKET
12-across – Charm by being close listener : ENDEAR
14-across – Law agency involved in plot to capture Queen : INTERPOL
15-across – Hide away and gradually let out : SECRETE
17-across – Fat and foolish, said Poe : ADIPOSE
20-across – Strong drink may lead to smash : HIGHBALL
22-across – Lets out American imprisoned in brawl : TUSSLE
23-across – Is bird-watching an appropriate example of this? : SPOONERISM
24-across – Rose gets credit card number by the weekend : PINK
25-across – They’re lucky anchors have them : FLUKES
26-across – On the wrong side of banks? : INTHERED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Clearance resulting from free ball : RIDDANCE
2-down – Put on about a pound : BEAT
3-down – Joint may be worn out : REEFER
4-down – Foreign Legion’s drink : SLOEGIN
5-down – I get married and set out full of spirit : ANIMATED
6-down – The fruits one can’t have decried : SOURGRAPES
7-down – The answer to this lies in the retort : HERETO
13-down – Banks can stop advances : EARTHWORKS
16-down – Go over new art and poetry : TRAVERSE
18-down – Eccentric declines to be kept quiet : SILENCED
19-down – It’s forbidden to extract information verbally : ILLICIT
21-down – I’m lacking lustre in run through : IMPALE
22-down – Appeals for casual worker, a good man, to return : TEMPTS
24-down – On which landlubbers constitutionally walk the plank : PIER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.