This crossword No. 22915 clues and answers were published on Thu 21 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22915 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Catamaran initially in the dock, one lost to noted female? : CONTRALTO
10-across – Lass, like this clue, n end f rpe? : NOOSE
11-across – Lodging in poor road, I will abandon rich pickings here? : ORCHARD
12-across – Careful procedure the last resort? : STEALTH
13-across – Suitable place in which to see Armani – Chelsea? : NICHE
14-across – Slow to find the garlic devilish? : LETHARGIC
16-across – Flower, one I’m preserving in a pickle : EVENINGPRIMROSE
19-across – Man with giant strawberry on his head eats fruit – well I never! : GORBLIMEY
21-across – Build a lead in tennis? : SETUP
22-across – Virgin man in a pickle, model having fled : BRANSON
23-across – African flower lasts without endless resin for one : ZAMBEZI
24-across – Instrument would sound high, if cold were hot : CELLO
25-across – From navel fluff bacilli, after little hesitation : UMBILICAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Composer’s chosen movement by composer : SCHOENBERG
2-down – Not good conditions for driving in relation to this from of transport? : UNICYCLE
3-down – Box contains English make : CREATE
4-down – Trotter for the most part raised showed signs of laceration : BLED
5-down – Edges of very rusty pot replaced upside down : TOPSYTURVY
6-down – Type of deodorant that’s scarce, making a comeback in nudism perhaps, is outlawed : UNDERARM
7-down – Diversion lifted for relief by the way? : DOGLEG
8-down – Feature of Orson Welles’s ethic, a substitute for The Third Man : SETH
14-down – Resembling a pulse, like a glow-worm, say, trapped : LEGUMINOUS
15-down – To make cheese, how do you milk a Welsh hedgehog? : CAERPHILLY
17-down – Sick crossword compilers charged something for the deception : ILLUSION
18-down – Travel farther than, where abroad, the car’s broken down : OUTREACH
20-down – How dare you deposit a pound in bank! : REALLY
21-down – Exemplification is small enough : SAMPLE
22-down – US car, one abandoned, ridiculously cheap for an American? : BUCK
23-down – Squeeze bullock to get bovine out of the middle : ZEBU
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.