This crossword No. 22495 clues and answers were published on Tue 16 Apr 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22495 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Late shop? : FUNERAL
5-across – See 1 : PARLOUR
9-across – Hermit endlessly rejected Indonesian buyer’s furs : ERMINES
10-across – Fruit supplier made love to cleaner in street! : ORCHARD
11-across – Increasing exercises, needing to run around : DEEPENING
12-across – Charming old lady caught embracing US soldier : MAGIC
13-across – I reckon to retire with 100 to score : MUSIC
15-across – One Parisian prepared to be stripped : UNDRESSED
17-across – They show off flat and nurse shudders! : FLAUNTERS
19-across – Brown tin-opener, one intrinsic flaw : TAINT
22-across – When reversing car in, say a prayer : GRACE
23-across – Least tight, less loose : SLIGHTEST
25-across – Millions in club backed our embroidery : TAMBOUR
26-across – State home help returns to North America : INDIANA
27-across – Studying good girls may improve one’s looks : READING
28-across – See 27 : GLASSES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Guerrilla fed eight former members badly : FREEDOM
2-down – Good book for figures : NUMBERS
3-down – Get up around noon and wash : RINSE
4-down – Weariness of girl, one performing duet : LASSITUDE
5-down – Spike has name in programme : PRONG
6-down – Modern university doctor admitted lying down : RECUMBENT
7-down – Fruit in very big field : ORANGES
8-down – Crying for subdued wear to topless bars? : REDUCED
14-down – Food Colin cooked and Anne consumed : CANNELONI
16-down – Loathing pigs, Enid’s going mad! : DESPISING
17-down – See 1 : FIGHTER
18-down – Medical condition I mean to raise in Alcoholics Anonymous : ANAEMIA
20-down – Top in frozen foods all over the polar regions : ICECAPS
21-down – See 8 : TOTEARS
23-down – Shoot second person, to be precise : SPRIG
24-down – Monster water outlet conservationists overlooked : HYDRA
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.