This crossword No. 22464 clues and answers were published on Mon 11 Mar 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22464 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Language that provides neat prose : ESPERANTO
10-across – Round safety devise that’s practicable : OFUSE
11-across – She is expected to succeed : HEIRESS
12-across – Small number performing for 24 hours – 12 in fact : NOONDAY
13-across – Musician wanted a meal right away : SUPPE
14-across – What a taxi driver may do? That’s a lot of rubbish! : REFUSETIP
16-across – Who’ll go first? : LEADINGQUESTION
19-across – Precipitate way the staff leave school assembly? : HEADFIRST
21-across – Barrels used for target practice : BUTTS
22-across – Officer cut off in pass : COLONEL
23-across – Short dress on mother, to say the least : MINIMUM
24-across – Outcast reflects the way people treat him : LEPER
25-across – Going out, Nigel’s not the only one in a suit : SINGLETON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Old man provides me with so sound an uplift : METHUSELAH
2-down – Vegetable only half-cooked? : SPLITPEA
3-down – Remain perfectly still and go cold all over : FREEZE
4-down – Objects and doesn’t go on : ENDS
5-down – Located the cause of the trouble and criticised : FOUNDFAULT
6-down – Company with deficit states huge figure : COLOSSUS
7-down – Wiseacre makes a witticism, spoken in French : PUNDIT
8-down – Fed up youngsters beginning to flout authority : DEFY
14-down – Lacking respect, notwithstanding : REGARDLESS
15-down – Dostoevsky’s partner in crime : PUNISHMENT
17-down – Uniformed footmen : INFANTRY
18-down – Personal hint : INTIMATE
20-down – Like to run when so inclined : ASLOPE
21-down – Miscalculate and tip a pound note : BUNGLE
22-down – Common complaint of many of advanced years : COLD
23-down – It may flow and sound like the sea : MANE
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.