This crossword No. 22504 clues and answers were published on Fri 26 Apr 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22504 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Vole emerging from desert after rain : WATERRAT
9-across – A military band? : ARMLET
10-across – Mavis in prison? : BIRD
11-across – Numbers used in gas scale : ANALGESICS
12-across – Go on and on about cake : WAFFLE
14-across – The month before last : NOVEMBER
15-across – Darling, there’s nothing in the ground : BELOVED
17-across – Hanging on the forehead : FRONTAL
20-across – See gross abuse when they terrify children : OGRESSES
22-across – Wilderness of dead, derelict trees : DESERT
23-across – The full crew sounds salute : COMPLEMENT
24-across – Where bolting is normal, yet exceptional : JAIL
25-across – Being extreme : MORTAL
26-across – Delicate kind of finish? : EGGSHELL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Banter is damaging in time : BADINAGE
2-down – Part of the Admiralty Arch : HEAD
3-down – The ridge in the middle at Lord’s? : CREASE
4-down – Taxes! They can be harmonised : STRAINS
5-down – The result of being stoned : HANGOVER
6-down – Larks of Arcadia? : AMUSEMENTS
7-down – Free cures made with drug : RESCUE
13-down – Vessels in river block up : FLOWERPOTS
16-down – Here one blows in from the North Sea : EASTERLY
18-down – Dry area used once by camels? : AIRFIELD
19-down – Led in and sued her for distortion : USHERED
21-down – Its shadow was a sign of the times : GNOMON
22-down – Excessive fondness shown in the first year and many more thereafter : DOTAGE
24-down – Boy heads for the navy : JOHN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.