This crossword No. 22049 clues and answers were published on Tue 07 Nov 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22049 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Snooped round barrel central to exclusive function : PRIVATEDINNER
10-across – Street cry on Mars? : OLDIRON
11-across – Slags render one coarse : SCORIAE
12-across – Mill-bearing strands? : FLOSS
13-across – Vicar with hairstyle that’s burlesque : CHARIVARI
14-across – Sailor on edge, unable to take any more : ABRIM
16-across – Possibly infectious message passed round at church : CATCHABLE
18-across – Look back on skirt received by Ceres, perhaps : REMINISCE
19-across – Many a musical moderator : CHAIR
20-across – Co-ownership of paper jumper : TIMESHARE
23-across – Compare with boy holding thousand back : LIKEN
24-across – Get round to being pompous : OROTUND
25-across – Trump nets king; North leads: it’s an ideal situation : NIRVANA
26-across – Venice’s leaders take up heresy of shunning the flesh : VEGETARIANISM
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Player/broadcaster in love with endless Mardi Gras : RADIOGRAM
3-down – Man : VIRUS
4-down – Far from dominant mixer : TONIC
5-down – Break up book with gloomy oriental covering : DISMANTLE
6-down – Wandering into Chile in bygone age : NEOLITHIC
7-down – Lady Heath : ERICA
8-down – Fire from Tory Standard – put on a percentage : CONFLAGRATION
9-down – Correct mistake, one in narrow stretch of water : MEDITERRANEAN
15-down – Very small students with copper in the distance : MINISCULE
16-down – One with dire forebodings about oaf and artist : CASSANDRA
17-down – Nefarious ritual made Banquo’s head want substance : BLACKMASS
21-down – Animal of low bearing : MOOSE
22-down – Garden nuisance inducing boredom : ENNUI
23-down – Actress learning name : LOREN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.