This crossword No. 22705 clues and answers were published on Tue 17 Dec 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22705 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – In my own country I may have baffled rural peasant! : JEANPAULSARTRE
9-across – Boy with inclination to eat food from Cambridgeshire? : STILTON
10-across – A time I get lost in navigation around foreign town : AVIGNON
11-across – Immigrant is looking both ways across middle of sea : ISSEI
12-across – Old emperor in overlapping desert expedition : RASTAFARI
13-across – Removing Head of State after revolution, rule badly : MISGOVERN
14-across – Staff try to increase score without making declaration : BATON
15-across – Behind the marble facade is city brownish? : TAWNY
17-across – To the advantage of country, sergeant-major shows obsession with correct procedure : FORMALISM
20-across – Astute as one is at bridge with viewers each side : HARDNOSED
22-across – Cold? Not under blanket! : COVER
23-across – Game allowed to be endless – has the ref lost it? : WHISTLE
24-across – Someone who used to live in the USSR won’t want son in a public school : ETONIAN
25-across – Carl’s going out with the dancer – she’s very young and he’s this? : CRADLESNATCHER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Entertaining lady – see me mixing with atheists, getting among believers : JESSIEMATTHEWS
2-down – Different labels giving a lassie a different look : ALIASES
3-down – Legacy from which one gets a cut – 25 quid, about : PATRIMONY
4-down – Upset serviceman loses leader before victory : UNNERVE
5-down – Actress making final appearance that’s no good : SWANSON
6-down – A gentleman getting up to accommodate a foreign lady : RAISA
7-down – Legislation to control activity instigated by letters : RENTACT
8-down – A name – name in certain rime, possibly : ANCIENTMARINER
14-down – Part of the business not allowed to broaden : BRANCHOUT
16-down – Arrow I shot – before the start of rifles? : WARRIOR
17-down – Wide-angled like lens or codpiece? : FISHEYE
18-down – Get hot and bothered about a commie cleric once : REDDEAN
19-down – Arrived before five? Almost three hours later! That’s Rail for you! : INVEIGH
21-down – Just one of the hacks becoming famous? : NOTED
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.