This crossword No. 22252 clues and answers were published on Wed 04 Jul 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22252 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Graduates’s research station returns the ointment : BALSAM
5-across – What one goes back to at the drawing-board? : BASICS
8-across – Old transport for the chop? : TUMBREL
9-across – Fight continued to the finish : CONTEND
11-across – Young sprouts in the salad? : MUSTARDANDCRESS
12-across – Make ready for sailing while in dock : TRIM
13-across – Indecisive boundary row : BORDERLINE
17-across – Roads meet in confusion round the North; they can improve things : EMENDATORS
18-across – Back scores: one known for shooting : STEN
20-across – Smooth flow of language, or a mistake? : SLIPOFTHETONGUE
23-across – One we get to return in different ways: an attendant : STEWARD
24-across – TNT – as in explosive flash : INSTANT
25-across – Showing mettle – or metal? : STEELY
26-across – A group of spectators not right in the cooking area! : GALLEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Notice the formal letter allowing entry : ADMISSIVE
3-down – Half county’s transport one dismissed as a financial burden … : SURTAX
4-down – … one tramload could be awkward … : MALADROIT
5-down – … and no transport turns up for painter : BACON
6-down – Function? To preserve a cushy job! : SINECURE
7-down – The town’s team, they say : CREWE
8-down – Work without security on locks for sirens : TEMPTRESSES
10-down – Centre minds to settle for good judgement : DISCERNMENT
14-down – Man in defiance is becoming more obscure : DARKENING
15-down – Perform mathematical task and get in tangle with estimate : INTEGRATE
16-down – Recommend a defender : ADVOCATE
19-down – The inventor left a little something : MORSEL
21-down – Nitre – active or passive? : INERT
22-down – Empty tray holding rum drink : TODDY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.