This crossword No. 22608 clues and answers were published on Mon 26 Aug 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22608 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Cat maybe going for a song and a little info? : SNIPPET
5-across – 10 27’s show compared with low-IQ villains? : THICKAS
10-across – The King’s throne room : JOHN
11-across – Yet to turn round the fellow’s small number in 10 27’s show : THESWEENEY
12-across – 10 27’s show to take reward round Washington : REDCAP
13-across – See 29 : PROVENCE
14-across – Ale _____ ___ swills restores policeman : INSPECTOR
16-across – See 14 : MORSE
17-across – 10 27’s show coming in from it cheering : MITCH
19-across – It might be a hem for this : ATTENTION
23-across – Guerrilla and I joke endlessly about mum keeping it : KOMITAJI
24-across – Kind of turn, so to speak, in a circle, so to speak : ARCTIC
26-across – King taking a short break outside the Jockey Club? Silky show here for 10 27 : KAVANAGHQC
27-across – What about some relaxation? : THAW
28-across – See 5 : THIEVES
29-across – Pay receiver on an order for 10 27’s show : AYEARIN
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Bread I order inside, belonging to one shedding tears for offspring : NIOBEAN
3-down – Policeman arresting one Ulster grass : PANIC
4-down – City subject’s in a strange position : ECTOPIC
6-down – What does it mean? Who anagrammatically knows to ignore limits? : HOWNOW
7-down – Stupidly touch weed and get ticked off : CHEWEDOUT
8-down – Copper found in impressionists’ briefs : APERCUS
9-down – Alone holds curious Turkish toe peg : KEEPSOUTRIGHT
15-down – Toothed cat in bother – dog, perhaps, circling with energy : PECTINATE
18-down – What’s produced by cartographers equally immersed in their jobs? : ISOBATH
20-down – X-ray developed outside church in an ecclesiastical office : EXARCHY
21-down – Folding dole cheque up with a note : ORIGAMI
22-down – Relish dish, possessing one : PALATE
25-down – What server wears in C&A is excessive! : COTTA
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.