This crossword No. 22699 clues and answers were published on Tue 10 Dec 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22699 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Jazz legend’s hit with Apple Girl : GRAPPELLI
6-across – Society for high scoring marbles contenders : MENSA
9-across – Its flowers cluster among chrysanthemum, belladonna etc : UMBEL
10-across – None dying badly without doubt, there’s _____ : NODENYING
11-across – Hidden faults among Ali’s supporters? : FEETOFCLAY
12-across – Prime minister said to be candid : PEEL
14-across – Peter James’s valet and sometime chamber body : QUINTET
15-across – Old Left in a live broadcast: such should aid their aspirations… : ALVEOLI
17-across – … and are Old Left taking a bearing in pinkish circles? : AREOLAE
19-across – Right to fail in British school’s Russian course : BORTSCH
20-across – Bearing slash from sword : EPEE
22-across – One’s in the field to put Eton’s opponents on hold : RESTHARROW
25-across – Flame cutting into the moutarde? : INAMORATO
26-across – Woods burning with fearful symmetry? : TIGER
27-across – AA member on line, perhaps? : MILNE
28-across – They stick to nasty head wounds : ADHERENTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Good collar for these billy goats? : GRUFF
2-down – That is Bedlam’s version of a Lakeland bottleneck : AMBLESIDE
3-down – Discussion between sessions of Congress? : PILLOWTALK
4-down – Monks’ brethren on the Italian rise in relief work : LINOCUT
5-down – The state of Jones, at home with Artemis in Rome : INDIANA
6-down – Many in port cut some ice by telekenesis : MIND
7-down – Simple northern welcome welcoming one : NAIVE
8-down – English FA members getting one in the net : ANGELFISH
13-down – See 6 : OVERMATTER
14-down – Fox’s way to question ‘is maker, possibly : QUAKERISM
16-down – Good testosterone, but no trial to discern her response to it! : OESTROGEN
18-down – Athene on rising takes morning for hot flushes : ENEMATA
19-down – The little woman’s going out with trash: give her a ring! : BETROTH
21-down – Message from Gallagher: ‘e’s making a comeback! : EMAIL
23-down – Invertebrates’ diet : WORMS
24-down – Successive notes from Gustave : DORE
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.