This crossword No. 22074 clues and answers were published on Wed 06 Dec 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22074 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Prosecuted corrupt abbey and its leader during way-out cat-call in the 20 23 : EXITPURSUED
9-across – See1 : BYABEAR
10-across – This type of bid is top, not bottom : NOTRUMP
11-across – Let’s sing to Silvia, that she is 90, in Pisces : EXCELLING
12-across – Sometime lonely, now more like a squash : MELON
13-across – Brand I can do with one finger : TYPE
14-across – The last word in ballet dancing is very bad : LAMENTABLE
16-across – Ancient bus conductor on the gin : RATTLETRAP
19-across – A magnet to get your gun out? : DRAW
21-across – Strapping youth on grass – remove your butt! : THONG
22-across – Composer at the end of months playing tennis : BERNSTEIN
24-across – One with two ears, possibly? That’s crazy : IDIOTIC
25-across – Language that goes badly in the hillside : BRAILLE
26-across – Fast entertainment – deep’s the solution? : TURNOFSPEED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Antipasto : EMANCIPATIONIST
2-down – I’m a businessman, one hundred per cent! : IDEAL
3-down – Girl of 20 23, pirated edition : PERDITA
4-down – Break promise to French boy and some of the guests : RENEGUE
5-down – An officer and a gentleman? I’ve got a friend at last : ULTIMATE
6-down – What sort of gun is the Lee-Enfield? : DOUBLEBARRELLED
7-down – Sailor told to go away : ABSENT
8-down – Beg for cake? : SPONGE
15-down – Pestilential fellow born on a boat : BLIGHTER
16-down – Tell and sell : RETAIL
17-down – To put money on and be in debt, say: it goes up in smoke : TOBACCO
18-down – Dress in rising water – they need free oxygen : AEROBES
20-down – Direction to bury a mate in play : WINTER
23-down – See 20 : STALE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.