This crossword No. 22137 clues and answers were published on Tue 20 Feb 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22137 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Fearful performance lacking a guide : DIRECT
4-across – Jazz fan Bobby beset by fever : HEPCAT
9-across – Fine man : ERIC
10-across – Weapon fired by nice man – ugh! : MACHINEGUN
11-across – More than one man losing head and heart again! : ENCORE
12-across – Gangster isolated without cover : ALCAPONE
13-across – A number watched absorbing sports contest : SEVENTEEN
15-across – Arrest a yob – some arrest! : STAY
16-across – Treaty allowing Portugal to annex territory in Australia : PACT
17-across – How to make zoo so emphatically loud : SFORZANDO
21-across – Doctor right about nothing ending in disgrace – no great shakes! : MEDIOCRE
22-across – The French having bad temper may become unstable : LABILE
24-across – Terribly gaudy ads either side of road showing soppy old man : SUGARDADDY
25-across – Adult retiring is grey : ASHY
26-across – Lover from the past teasing bishop : EXARCH
27-across – Thomas, known for having had a bright idea : EDISON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Disorder casts monarch into endless peril : DERANGE
2-down – Right side kept in correct order : RECTO
3-down – Firm male intended to let slip a remark : COMMENT
5-down – Demonstrate in church after vicar lost his head : EVINCE
6-down – Pearl coat fashioned for a queen : CLEOPATRA
7-down – Military trial organised by French soldier after round of duty : TOURNEY
8-down – Found what’s potentially sad fun and cheered, showing this : SCHADENFREUDE
14-down – I had clean cooking dish : ENCHILADA
16-down – Composition goody-goody’s written about characters in Hell : PRELUDE
18-down – Put down again for listeners and sent along the line : RELAYED
19-down – Swimmer is not primarily one with hard slog when coming up : DOLPHIN
20-down – Sour old dictator featuring in account : ACIDIC
23-down – Some of the orchestra can make money : BRASS
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.