This crossword No. 23636 clues and answers were published on Tue 13 Dec 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23636 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Fish seen round right channel : TRENCH
4-across – Cold store one touches shivering, temperature nowhere at end of Yule : ICEHOUSE
9-across – Sound of car in store : LARDER
10-across – Couple to hire band : BRACELET
11-across – Exaggerated trouble brewing? : STORMINATEACUP
13-across – Excuse me and you breaking in, having broken apart : COMEUNDONE
14-across – Clue short of perfect : IDEA
16-across – Perverted fun going in for gynaecology : ORGY
18-across – Terrible fears about salary for many, where work stinks : SEWAGEFARM
21-across – One taking down points as broadcaster holds script in front of panel : SWORDSWALLOWER
23-across – A party leader amid change to remove member : AMPUTATE
24-across – Girl will accept less dress : KIMONO
25-across – Roosevelt’s logical statement not entirely grabbing party : THEODORE
26-across – Take off, with all taken off : STREAK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – John Cleese is unbelievable : TALL
2-down – Unsure comments about quisling a mistake : ERRATUM
3-down – Go away following smack round side of head : CLEAROUT
5-down – Short ball dismissing opener, South American caught at close of play : CURTAINCALL
6-down – Artist misses his fifth game : HOCKEY
7-down – Loosened shoe – and clue too? : UNLACED
8-down – Medium substance, though maximum in camels, perhaps : ECTOPLASM
12-down – Titanic is labouring : INDEEPWATER
13-down – Petit dejeuner, one tucked away by worker in a bad mood? : CROISSANT
15-down – Chinese daughter upset, featuring in The Revolutionary Playboy : HEDONIST
17-down – One following star in the sky in foreign region, endlessly : GROUPIE
19-down – Wonderful air, thinner : ACETONE
20-down – Prepared for issue, seeing world of computers indeed incomprehensible : EDITED
22-down – Port removed from bottle? : CORK
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.