This crossword No. 22594 clues and answers were published on Fri 09 Aug 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22594 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Game F1 driver : PIQUET
4-across – Encouraging remark made by Hannibal initially in Carthaginian retreat : CHINUP
9-across – Opposed to sloth around midwinter : ANTI
10-across – Flexible ape or rigid rodent : PRAIRIEDOG
11-across – Contribute by givin’ up? : KICKIN
12-across – Regular issue and good service : EVENSONG
13-across – A singer can use the arrangement : CHANTEUSE
15-across – Use gentle persuasion – providing drinks, by the sound of it : COAX
16-across – What attracts bishop? Getting introduction to actress with sex appeal? : BAIT
17-across – Arctic prison for Spooner’s dance : JITTERBUG
21-across – Head may be head of fox or antelope : FORELAND
22-across – Precision in Germanic etymology : NICETY
24-across – Discombobulated acid-head means to join cast : THROWNAWAY
25-across – Wise men from Michigan collecting silver : MAGI
26-across – Bent back in response to stimulus : REFLEX
27-across – On the borders of Zimbabwe there’s many a fanatic : ZEALOT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Pinter play set on top of hill in Cumbria : PENRITH
2-down – Living like a bat out of hell? : QUICK
3-down – Stretch or break up in river : EXPANSE
5-down – He made the bloody discovery before Wallbanger : HARVEY
6-down – A physicist and his Nobel work on source of radiation : NIELSBOHR
7-down – Rara avis in Arizona? : PHOENIX
8-down – Film about alien in naval vessel that’s out of action : WATERSHIPDOWN
14-down – Stage direction sounds bad : NOISESOFF
16-down – Monk getting Russian leader into trouble? : BROTHER
18-down – Old photograph of tiny pet, perhaps : TINTYPE
19-down – Strait-laced university professor first getting drunk : UPTIGHT
20-down – Indian putting hand on knee : PAWNEE
23-down – Beast found in Cornish river : CAMEL
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.