This crossword No. 22027 clues and answers were published on Thu 12 Oct 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22027 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Skeleton said to be a man : DRAUGHT
5-across – Officer, good and full : COPIOUS
9-across – Old mariner talking with verbosity : ORATING
10-across – Partied riotously – got lifted : PIRATED
11-across – Strong drink producing severe wind : NORWESTER
12-across – Maybe a giant fish : TROLL
13-across – Protests by the people : DEMOS
15-across – Are pack, perhaps, keeping me back? Certainly not! : PACEMAKER
17-across – One putting arms, say, beyond use : MUTILATOR
19-across – Army block retreat to capital : RABAT
22-across – Jumped from ale, oddly enough, to port : LEAPT
23-across – A hollow row? : BREADLINE
25-across – Music daily? Almost daily! : RAGTIME
26-across – Make what you will of this night : TWELFTH
27-across – A drop of blood : DESCENT
28-across – Depression shown on the map? : DIMPLES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Was swallowed by the waves? Swallowed is about right : DROWNED
2-down – Sorting out letters, eg having no stamp, for postman : ANAGRAM
3-down – The Speaker’s ridiculed by party leader : GUIDE
4-down – Hole in lady’s garment pocket : TIGHTSPOT
5-down – Crown worn by Queen Dido : CAPER
6-down – Turn back carriage clock – hand repeatedly off : PARTTIMER
7-down – Viewpoint that’s not in fashion : OUTLOOK
8-down – For lower pound, admitted craftsman : SADDLER
14-down – A gem of a game : SOLITAIRE
16-down – Mean beast checked out and frisked : CURVETTED
17-down – Lady is of the soft left : MILDRED
18-down – Vapour issuing from blowhole initially : TEARGAS
20-down – Some hat trick! Said to make one flush! : BRIMFUL
21-down – Note: sheet to be changed when baby does this : TEETHES
23-down – Bird of shore and river found in reeds : BRENT
24-down – In endlessly tragic situation, English show vision : DREAM
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.