This crossword No. 22051 clues and answers were published on Thu 09 Nov 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22051 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Notes stammer when speaking to a debt dodger : DEFAULTER
6-across – Painter’s in bilge, we’re told : BOSCH
9-across – Climbs with limbs special to these insects : CLEGS
10-across – Tossed out this sort of clue about sport : AUTOCROSS
11-across – Military unit seeking engagement? Quite the opposite : DETACHMENT
12-across – Sad blow : BLUE
14-across – Not a shoemaker’s tool heard in making clever clogs : KNOWALL
15-across – Honourable, this Roman and others around : ETHICAL
17-across – Falsifier of records given fresh start – and still he cheats : DIDDLER
19-across – Bare all over the head? That’s his hair all over the bed! : SPOONER
20-across – Old writer having ritual drink in retreat : AMOS
22-across – Barrier to free speech? : IMPEDIMENT
25-across – Girl taking first puff without a smoke : PANATELLA
26-across – Slow passage of old ship on lake : LARGO
27-across – Stalky and gannet-like, except for head : REEDY
28-across – Flushed game in partly forested area of London : REDBRIDGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Chanced getting a hat trick of diamonds : DICED
2-down – Naval unit, heading for Deal, say, makes port : FLEETWOOD
3-down – A club is one place out of order for this type : UNSOCIABLE
4-down – Handicap by turning right and heading back : TRAMMEL
5-down – Put up ally in Queen’s Suite : RETINUE
6-down – Blood money paid in Chicago : BUCK
7-down – That is low – could be lower : SCOWL
8-down – Largely low shelter restyled for this person : HOSTELLER
13-down – One has The Times ordered : CHRONICLER
14-down – Criminal traced to Leatherhead : KIDNAPPER
16-down – Exchanged views? That’s taken for granted! : CONFERRED
18-down – Rover plant : RAMBLER
19-down – Crew member checks mounting fear in different ways : STEWARD
21-down – Animal, one of many in the pound : OUNCE
23-down – Tea, say, lying on pit of stomach : THOLE
24-down – Tarry rope : STAY
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.