This crossword No. 22706 clues and answers were published on Wed 18 Dec 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22706 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Boxin’ ‘owdydo has a pantomime character : PUNCHINELLO
9-across – Unsettled air plus rebellion : UPRISAL
10-across – Alexander’s place for fellow on the staff : MACEDON
11-across – How many peers should be? Solve clue 10, taking notes : UNELECTED
12-across – The first two hundred painters are capital : ACCRA
13-across – Is common sense un-American? : NOUS
14-across – *Gunner : GRECIANURN
16-across – *Fruit for dog, say : MELANCHOLY
19-across – Feeble devil chasing his tail : LIMP
21-across – An agreement taking English as part of Current Affairs? : ANODE
22-across – Workers left out of joke : PEASANTRY
24-across – Hole for gold provided diamonds : ORIFICE
25-across – Check the flow: it must be reliable : STAUNCH
26-across – *It was spent by King Lear : NIGHTINGALE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Laureate for ever? It can’t be done : PERPETUALMOTION
2-down – Elizabethan writer from first to last beyond the pale? : NASHE
3-down – The case of the canonised queen coming after the break : HOLSTER
4-down – Read up about crazy individual that’s unsettled : NOMADIC
5-down – Sorry to get 24 hours off? : LACKADAY
6-down – Ken : OLDACQUAINTANCE
7-down – *Detail relative to keep inside : AUTUMN
8-down – No use having a home for peacocks? : INVAIN
15-down – Born student embraced by monarch is doing homage : KNEELING
16-down – Catty remark about a party in a field : MEADOW
17-down – Bearer of sword and its handle is about to live quietly : HIPBELT
18-down – Affair where one is embraced by a celebrity : LIAISON
20-down – *Subject of analysis : PSYCHE
23-down – Lizard makes Portuguese explorer lose his head : AGAMA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.