This crossword No. 22519 clues and answers were published on Tue 14 May 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22519 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Break off speech for refreshment : RESTORATION
9-across – Poor earl, showing embarrassment, proposed : OFFERED
10-across – Left objective unsettled : ENDOWED
11-across – Row cut short in belief of increasing noise level : CRESCENDO
12-across – Soldier came by a leg of lamb : GIGOT
13-across – An allusion that some are for the chop : ECHO
14-across – Lone Tartar disrupted electricity supplier : ALTERNATOR
16-across – Girl eating soldier’s meat? That’s a blow! : KARATECHOP
19-across – Murderer runs from a terrier : CAIN
21-across – God faces new source of irritation : THORN
22-across – Teen curbs awkward blushing : RUBESCENT
24-across – Fruit makes blighter cry : CURRANT
25-across – Trollop allowed a pie : TARTLET
26-across – Blossom makes senior fellow frown : ELDERFLOWER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – New student in alternative set of studies : REFRESHERCOURSE
2-down – Glacial feature giving rise to fears : SERAC
3-down – Sadly Rosalind lost shilling for holy book : ORDINAL
4-down – A solvent of perfect quality : ACETONE
5-down – Official order covering one girl’s bust : INDIGENT
6-down – Foolishly tell wage-earner about V-sign given by itinerant : NEWAGETRAVELLER
7-down – Material caught during endless game : BOUCLE
8-down – Rising current requires alternative adaptor : EDITOR
15-down – Type of fruit tree, or evergreen : STANDARD
16-down – Catherine’s companion shows bad taste : KITSCH
17-down – Keeper seeing price cut in copper and gold : CURATOR
18-down – Revolutionary item in exam : ORBITAL
20-down – Write symbolically a message including thanks : NOTATE
23-down – Bob boasted of earnings : SCREW
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.