This crossword No. 22086 clues and answers were published on Wed 20 Dec 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22086 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Prestige of cat having swallowed half the cheese : CACHET
4-across – Bones, not leeks, cooked : SKELETON
9-across – I’m awkward – and in record time : INEPT
10-across – Tatty cabin connected with a lot of plant study : BOTANICAL
11-across – Gregarious prisoners? : CHAINGANG
12-across – Golfer tucked into offal doubtfully : FALDO
13-across – Naughtiness in bed is remedied with codeine : DISOBEDIENCE
17-across – Smoothing bodice and skirt for formal wear : EVENINGDRESS
20-across – Exposed headless pigeon : OUTER
21-across – US writer moved round on her what? : HAWTHORNE
23-across – Panel smash dry jar with gun : GRANDJURY
24-across – Award for Ulysses : GRANT
25-across – He makes an offer more loving and gentle : TENDERER
26-across – Folk-tale preserved, for example, in advance : LEGEND
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Agree to give money to the party, we hear : COINCIDE
2-down – Crack about investor sent back to the Home Counties : CREVASSE
3-down – Each depleted football team wasted away : EATEN
5-down – Illustrator redraws Yankee with a wet rag : KATEGREENAWAY
6-down – Dismal as a crocodile? : LONGFACED
7-down – Try Calvin Klein tops made in yarn : TACKLE
8-down – Lady Hamilton’s hold? : NELSON
10-down – For residents getting on socks outside university : BOARDINGHOUSE
14-down – Noted economist, a lady, cuts into card-game : BEVERIDGE
15-down – Remove excess fat from a salmon’s head in class : DEGREASE
16-down – A lock-up Edward maintained : ASSERTED
18-down – Procured branch on treetop : BOUGHT
19-down – Separate tax : STRAIN
22-down – Tory politician keeps silver in the shade : HAGUE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.