This crossword No. 22768 clues and answers were published on Mon 03 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22768 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A political leader was complimentary and that’s valued : APPRAISED
6-across – Left to fill in, gave voice in inappropriate language : SLANG
9-across – In spring many make economies : SKIMP
10-across – Hint there’s a credibility gap : SUSPICION
11-across – One who’s asked to peer in it may well get upset : PETITIONER
12-across – A word used among master mariners : TERM
14-across – Double-dealing, but aren’t so bad : TREASON
15-across – Reached high to marry, taking in royalty : TOWERED
17-across – Reason for strengthening attachment? : ABSENCE
19-across – The branches overhead : ANTLERS
20-across – Spot for English scout : ESPY
22-across – To put it another way, the letters appear rash : PARAPHRASE
25-across – Only men retreat : MONASTERY
26-across – Compel the dunderhead to split : DRIVE
27-across – A poet’s shillyshallying? : NOYES
28-across – Demanding quality : STERNNESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A bluff, upstanding moralist : AESOP
2-down – Really vain, to be blunt : POINTLESS
3-down – Quite mouthwatering – but gets a pip in by accident : APPETISING
4-down – He wrote of war and special forces with dispatch : SASSOON
5-down – Dispute as daughter is told to go : DISSENT
6-down – Second child’s slip-up : SKID
7-down – Live bear : ABIDE
8-down – Deny a gem’s being reset for the waiting youth : GANYMEDES
13-down – Currently in operation : SWITCHEDON
14-down – Name darts-playing artisan : TRADESMAN
16-down – Look again at cutback in army personnel and secret weapon : REEXAMINE
18-down – They’ll eliminate faltering fool without hesitation : ERASERS
19-down – Break down : ANALYSE
21-down – Article included in wages in the Philippines : PANAY
23-down – A woman, going to extremes, gets flat : EVENS
24-down – One’s repeatedly running water : ISIS
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.