This crossword No. 22240 clues and answers were published on Wed 20 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22240 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Drunk? That’s rich! : LOADED
4-across – Brazier needs cooler to put ripe fruit in : FIREPAN
9-across – Happy about piece of cake I consumed being frozen : GLACIATED
10-across – Drunk at Christmas? : MERRY
11-across – Drunk, if there’s one more boat in pieces : EIGHT
12-across – Drunk without a squeak – boring being successful? : WELLOILED
13-across – Drunk: sleep may be induced in consequence : SOZZLED
15-across – Die on land which isn’t sufficient : DEARTH
17-across – Quite fair? : PRETTY
19-across – Dangerous stuff, gas: explorer retreats before it : TOBACCO
22-across – Drunk, ready to be painted? : PLASTERED
24-across – Change, etc, to 11 : OCTET
26-across – Drunk having floods? : LITUP
27-across – Drunk stuff to throw back – don’t hasten away! : BOLLINGER
28-across – Needing no brush, artist comes in to surveille : SPRAYON
29-across – Drunk artist on top of brush : BLOTTO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Drunk students entertain birds when there’s a shortage : LEGLESS
2-down – A tropical fruit, nothing less, amid Scots : AMANG
3-down – Short letter reveals exaltation of starter holding gun : EPISTOLET
4-down – Drunk ran away clutching posh theologian : FUDDLED
5-down – Lover with a capital ring : ROMEO
6-down – Drunk city batsman quietly uplifted : PARALYTIC
7-down – Total immersion is one day’s work : NOYADE
8-down – Drunk too long in the pot? : STEWED
14-down – Religious leader from Australia raised on a hot day : ZOROASTER
16-down – Relative enters salami cooked like divine bread : AMBROSIAL
18-down – Polish article that’s about to become Nigerian : YORUBAN
19-down – Drunk on winks? : TIDDLY
20-down – Black stuff found in the majority of root vegetables in Canada : ONTARIO
21-down – Fruit drinks, about twopence : APPLES
23-down – Drunk – lasts a year? : TIPSY
25-down – Drunk, but still tense? : TIGHT
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.