This crossword No. 22618 clues and answers were published on Fri 06 Sep 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22618 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – No-go in state, no-go by day? : NOCTURNAL
10-across – Egg provides measure of energy, not beginning to include beginning or end of 16 : OVULE
11-across – Did these glamorous people formerly play by ear? : EXOTICS
12-across – Creche in north Surrey reorganised : NURSERY
13-across – Press suit where suits are pressed : COURT
14-across – Splendid display with a sombre hairdo : POMPADOUR
16-across – Writer and bookman to take Iliad off in 5s : VLADIMIRNABOKOV
19-across – Dubious character’s discount covers whore : REPROBATE
21-across – Super fish : BRILL
22-across – Animal to stare into the distance? On the contrary : GAZELLE
23-across – Descriptive term for what’s essential in back support : EPITHET
24-across – Practise religion of 12 : DOZEN
25-across – Compiler’s 20 involving bits of log in farcical situation : IMBROGLIO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Secret to reveal about foreign article : UNDERCOVER
2-down – Tolkien’s villains about to turn left among sportsmen in disorder : SCROFULA
3-down – Jamesian villain – one held to be dated : QUAINT
4-down – Does a sunrise issue from your idol’s? : ANUS
5-down – Dessert with largely tasteless, cold, scabby skin : BLANCMANGE
6-down – Perform – or improvise on – Bach’s first bit of framework : DOORJAMB
7-down – Old flame turned up in unfinished house in jacket : TUXEDO
8-down – Decimal system said to be moist : DEWY
14-down – Drunken hack almost lit pile of stamps : PHILATELIC
15-down – The last book to bring joy to the cleric : REVELATION
17-down – I called round on the 5th of April for hospital equipment : IRONLUNG
18-down – Monarch regularly being chivalrous : KNIGHTLY
20-down – South Africa gets into Italian food without a flashy performance : PIZAZZ
21-down – Islander gutted coastal town : BRITON
22-down – Pedigree includes rising novelist : GIDE
23-down – Island where Nellie goes topless : ELBA
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.