This crossword No. 22331 clues and answers were published on Thu 04 Oct 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22331 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Wait a minute: have you a big enough stable to do it? : HOLDYOURHORSES
8-across – He sat on three goddesses: capital! : PARIS
9-across – Recovery after which all is forgiven : COMEBACK
11-across – Bull involved with doe once represented university : OLDBLUE
12-across – Pip’s girl to make out in a rough sea : ESTELLA
13-across – Entertainer at a plant : HOSTA
15-across – Part of helmet to which peace is known, they say : NOSEPIECE
17-across – Bush stood up church official : ROSEELDER
20-across – Examine church plant : VETCH
21-across – Payment for quality? : PREMIUM
23-across – Front of member, back of back, front of member : FOREARM
25-across – Dance at Queen’s on the Dee : BALLATER
26-across – Locks for fortress not in favour : TRESS
27-across – Typical performance after tea – it’s Eric’s work : CHARACTERISTIC
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Treating people that are out to make New York happy about alien : HYPNOTHERAPY
2-down – Ghastly old city in cover : LURID
3-down – Sleep easy! Maybe you’ll get polite acceptance : YESPLEASE
4-down – Dirty article topped by relation : UNCLEAN
5-down – Severely criticises Upton Park men for being over-theatrical : HAMMERS
6-down – Defend oneself against lifting a potato? : REBUT
7-down – Fish eating unknown carbon on fast days – very good : EXCELLENT
10-down – Look at notes and don’t abscond : FACETHEMUSIC
14-down – Englishman in Scotland sticks up in the window : SASSENACH
16-down – Entry of piece from Navarone turns soprano into tenor : PAVAROTTI
18-down – Popular protest at involuntary movement : DEMOTIC
19-down – Overseer loose again without energy : REFEREE
22-down – Workshy fellow, comparatively useless? : IDLER
24-down – A green means don’t allow to proceed : AVERT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.