This crossword No. 23668 clues and answers were published on Fri 20 Jan 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23668 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Footballer’s wife without reserve could be caustic : POTASH
4-across – Principles of writing, including what is said : MORALS
9-across – One’s being that heavy, a gambler is commensurately commendable : SOMUCHTHEBETTER
10-across – Old warrior was a bully : HECTOR
11-across – Not a sign of lawyers : NOTARIES
12-across – Some compassion with most unusual signs of disorder : SYMPTOMS
14-across – With books old king became informed : LEARNT
15-across – Raving first-born turns on parent : MANIAC
18-across – Classic letter bore fruit for recipient : PHILEMON
21-across – In form to be informed? : ATSCHOOL
22-across – Bird disease : THRUSH
24-across – Novel Another Banger by – by car builder, they say : NORTHANGERABBEY
25-across – Boy reflects on having offended : SINNED
26-across – York, say, comes to the boil : SEETHE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Astronomer contrived to employ with nothing lost : PTOLEMY
2-down – Bound to speak with confidence : TRUST
3-down – Movement, namely her getting back down under : SCHERZO
5-down – Gold piece, a pound that’s circulating : ORBITAL
6-down – What Petruchio did literally and soundly? : ALTERCATE
7-down – Live in London suburb where drink is illegal : SHEBEEN
8-down – Trousers with sizable feature in front : CHINOS
13-down – A Windsor not up to university : PRINCETON
16-down – Loudspeakers? : ACTIONS
17-down – Bach composition of a student in labour : CHORALE
18-down – It may be coughed up to help out vehicle maker : PHLEGM
19-down – US doctor curtailed computer facility : INTERNE
20-down – Disgusting, like the ending of Hamlet? : OBSCENE
23-down – Potato lifting, except King Edward : REBUT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.