This crossword No. 22140 clues and answers were published on Fri 23 Feb 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22140 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Good lord, that’s Agatha taking a turn on the ski slope : CHRISTIE
5-across – Society at best is hilarious : SCREAM
9-across – Keeping up? You can by going round : BUOYANCY
10-across – Blues numbers, perhaps : EIGHTS
12-across – Do some of your best in goal : STING
13-across – River rodent in simple story : NARRATIVE
14-across – Financial agreement to let prize-winner’s money include half a dance : HIREPURCHASE
18-across – Captivate Sir Peter in the foyer : ENTRANCEHALL
21-across – Artisan’s counter-occupation with the judge’s seat : WORKBENCH
23-across – A girl almost ordinary : NORMA
24-across – Prohibition after the ancient Greek : THEBAN
25-across – A striped comic moseyed along : TRAIPSED
26-across – A look-alike, sometimes dead : RINGER
27-across – Brainy brother tucking into a healthy breakfast : CEREBRAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Play it again in snub for Picasso, say : CUBIST
2-down – Fleece that is very new : ROOKIE
3-down – A Nash girl depicted making imaginary pass : SHANGRILA
4-down – Peruvian stock too hot to handle : INCANDESCENT
6-down – A cockney’s mate in the country : CHINA
7-down – Exotic, in the improved state : ETHNICAL
8-down – Some hot stuff said to have assembled : MUSTERED
11-down – Hack, after a swig of beer, gets a punch : DRAUGHTHORSE
15-down – Caught the beast in drug plant : CELANDINE
16-down – Not potable, but are wet as can be : SEAWATER
17-down – Ship’s doctor takes time to fish : STURGEON
19-down – It removes, if soldiers are around : ERASER
20-down – Pass up the French composer : HANDEL
22-down – Beat interrupting live rap : BLAME
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.