This crossword No. 22558 clues and answers were published on Fri 28 Jun 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22558 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Raw meat treats – karate chopped! : STEAKTARTARE
8-across – Scrap containing plug holes may be produced with this : BRADAWL
9-across – Crooked looking prime minister not quite shutting up last of opposition : ASQUINT
11-across – ¿1 given to one in Birmingham for a drug : LIBRIUM
12-across – Effete blockbuster direction : EPICENE
13-across – Poison? Sound the alarm! : TOXIN
14-across – Religious teacher taking duck from zoo – a bird to put in the oven? : ZOROASTER
16-across – Clear round left one unconscious : OBLIVIOUS
19-across – Fourpence for roll first covered with butter : GROAT
21-across – Perfectly peaceful parts of Piccadilly not needing a PC : IDYLLIC
23-across – Read half of a Scott novel and notice central characters are mechanical : ROBOTIC
24-across – Hard workers in the city of Paris? : TROJANS
25-across – A south-west state and a north-east state backing midland Australia : ARIZONA
26-across – Let star liner make such a voyage : INTERSTELLAR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Speaker’s Platform, a programme on TV : SOAPBOX
2-down – Set in Ulster, love story all about high spirits : ELATION
3-down – Priest taking musical toy round city in Michigan : KALAMAZOO
4-down – Saw girl, huge, being cut in half : ADAGE
5-down – Abandoned ale, quit liquor : TEQUILA
6-down – Intend to appear in torn dress : RAIMENT
7-down – Initial boost recollected by one with end in sight : ABOLITIONIST
10-down – Action? There I may be misplaced, being an impractical type : THEORETICIAN
15-down – Turn up again with couple from Redondo Beach and expert on board : RESURFACE
17-down – Relinquish store in cellar : LAYDOWN
18-down – Five having a bad time – more than Hamlet? : VILLAGE
19-down – Angel making girl eat cheese : GABRIEL
20-down – Second in command extremely upset and cross about being in the open air : OUTDOOR
22-down – Legal expenses for Greek island taking evacuated Turks : COSTS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.