This crossword No. 22079 clues and answers were published on Tue 12 Dec 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22079 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
4-across – Where Jack meets Frank … : LONDON
6-across – … this, too, may be the end of the 7 : WATERLOO
9-across – See 17 : RANGER
10-across – Marriage – so flirtation’s a non-starter : ALLIANCE
11-across – House having seen off nous : COMMONSENSE
15-across – Cineraria needed, with something cold about to block nose, perhaps? : SENECIO
17-across – Silver was found under argent here : THELONE
18-across – Requesting 24, though deserving punch : ASKINGFORIT
22-across – Exercises to keep thin and on seafood diet : PLANKTON
23-across – See 4 : BRIDGE
24-across – Extremely inadequate point of entry for drink : VERMOUTH
25-across – See 5 : MORRIS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Criminal looted European city : TOLEDO
2-down – See 12 : DARLINGTON
3-down – Cattle offered in foreign currency? No thanks, you’ll get a dog : PEKINESE
4-down – Record in which unknown associate of Lloyd Webber almost reveals his role : LYRICIST
5-down – Game should belong to coxed crew for Oxford, perhaps? : NINEMENS
7-down – See 21 : LINE
8-down – Not entirely open, so closed : OVER
12-down – Early 7 required to keep 17’s words of affection to companion to the point : STOCKTONTO
13-down – I’ll say wow to free gold : CORRIDOR
14-down – Being worried, work longer hours? : RESTLESS
16-down – Snooker champion might possibly be described as a nutter : CRACKPOT
19-down – Litter the difference between England and Australia, perhaps : FARROW
20-down – Unscrupulous trader promoting big guns : SPIV
21-down – Musical sequence describing minor interval? : HAIR
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.