This crossword No. 22104 clues and answers were published on Fri 12 Jan 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22104 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Produce most favourable result, but stated grade description’s wrong! : BEFORTHEBEST
8-across – Come together for photo : CLOSEUP
9-across – Map is hard to roll : PLANISH
11-across – Having no fish, consumed prime sort of mollusc : OCTOPOD
12-across – Expressed private resentment : RANCOUR
13-across – Halfwits – stupid, backward and in the thick of things : MIDST
14-across – Urgent item broadcast across all news channels : IMMEDIATE
16-across – The man’s tucked in – fit to burst! : DEHISCENT
19-across – Vestment right for one 10 : COPER
21-across – High rock reportedly of importance to this resort : TORQUAY
23-across – Retrieve from water fish pulled back in with line : LANYARD
24-across – One to frown, that is, to lower if put differently : SCOWLER
25-across – Drink and endless crack following lecture : TEACHIN
26-across – Or that scorer, perhaps? : ORCHESTRATOR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Puffed out, having rowed across lake : BLOATED
2-down – Dingy hole has made one dreadfully pale – well out of it! : FLEAPIT
3-down – One’s shot – and shoot in quick succession : RAPIDFIRE
4-down – Explosive level produced from sulphur : HEPAR
5-down – Demolished loaf of bread in style : BRAINED
6-down – Turn love letters, first and last, over to writer : SPINOZA
7-down – Furnishes houses : ACCOMMODATES
10-down – Grandsire to exchange, following hard bargaining : HORSETRADING
15-down – He may wickedly leave you without a leg to stand on : MUTILATOR
17-down – Nurse seeking asylum : HARBOUR
18-down – Sing, disregarding a companion wanting silence : SQUELCH
19-down – Did lag do time previously in this connection? : CONTACT
20-down – He may play the game and break the law : POACHER
22-down – Battle of, say, Prestonpans : YPRES
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.