This crossword No. 22180 clues and answers were published on Wed 11 Apr 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22180 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – A Labour leader takes many shares out : ALLOTS
6-across – Pained expression when taken in by French article that’s disreputable : LOUCHE
9-across – Porn is circulating in jail : PRISON
10-across – Men circumnavigating 504 islands : MALDIVES
11-across – Stocking filler for a little beast : CALF
12-across – Cotton sari crumpled in drawer : CARTOONIST
13-across – Row for a change about Conservative leader : ALTERCATION
18-across – Source of article in part of France : PROVENANCE
21-across – Almost regretting destruction : RUIN
22-across – Tea and pieces of pitta bread : CHAPATTI
23-across – Vaulting ambition involves a piece of gamesmanship : GAMBIT
24-across – Undiluted sound in passage : STRAIT
25-across – First-class men required as spies : AGENTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Composer with bad flu is perfectly happy : BLISSFUL
2-down – Without stress, add one hundred to one hundred : ATONIC
3-down – Do one’s best to be objective with yobbo : GOALLOUT
4-down – Director’s call for fighting : ACTION
5-down – A broken rib and a gashed head? This should prevent that : AIRBAG
7-down – The majority of Stevenson’s letters are all the same : EVENSO
8-down – Recipe mania may be the source of a popular song : AMERICANPIE
14-down – A German saint and a German physicist : EINSTEIN
15-down – In custody pending trial, one man died protecting ringleader : ONREMAND
16-down – Members of a priestly class drop in to see a composer : BRAHMS
17-down – Neil is drunk and stays in bed : LIEINS
19-down – Queen surrounded by brass snakes : VIPERS
20-down – Pledge oneself to come into battle : ENGAGE
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.