This crossword No. 22717 clues and answers were published on Thu 02 Jan 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22717 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Retired doctor introducing new deal to asylum : BEDLAM
4-across – Yarn to baffle a lawyer : NOTARY
9-across – Bear losing head in wreckage : RUIN
10-across – A large drink sounds deep : DOUBLEBASS
11-across – Cleave stick : ADHERE
12-across – Tom has to order a little bull for sacrifice : HECATOMB
13-across – Term for a model poet : TRIMESTER
15-across – Foul row : RANK
16-across – Relish something painful : GOUT
17-across – Six-footer takes test in three parts : HEXAMETER
21-across – Donor with top credit rating? : BESTOWER
22-across – He trod the boards formerly in Lancashire : OLDHAM
24-across – Cops nearly failed through not keeping awake : NARCOLEPSY
25-across – William Booth took part in 17 : IAMB
26-across – They troubled Macmillan and Steven : EVENTS
27-across – He was known for an old windbag : AEOLUS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A stone overweight? : BOULDER
2-down – Finished with church, we hear – will he ever learn? : DUNCE
3-down – Direct speech : ADDRESS
5-down – Time has a round face : OCLOCK
6-down – Determine a right to piecework? : ARBITRATE
7-down – Mask : YASHMAK
8-down – Presidential intelligence at work? : BUSHTELEGRAPH
14-down – Hitler’s first cat cavorting with mouse under his very nose : MOUSTACHE
16-down – Danger point when it explodes : GRENADE
18-down – A refusal with little force can be soothing : ANODYNE
19-down – Times review of an old theologian : ERASMUS
20-down – Dim idiot, about 49 : TWILIT
23-down – Doctor gives patients exercise : DRILL
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.