This crossword No. 22220 clues and answers were published on Mon 28 May 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22220 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Unidentified VIP : SOMEBODY
5-across – Topsy chosen to take part in film : PSYCHO
9-across – Cusp error responsible for omen : PRECURSOR
11-across – Prevent girl having a means of making music : BANJO
12-across – Scheme first ignored in bill for delivery : ACCOUCHEMENT
15-across – Big demand for grass? : RUSH
16-across – Environmental note: heating without reason : ECOLOGICAL
18-across – Something bitter, though grown on the vine? : GRAPEFRUIT
19-across – Opposed to three-toed sloth devouring books : ANTI
21-across – Send out about relative briefly passing through : TRANSMIGRANT
24-across – Get rid of one plate in the river : EXILE
25-across – Associates adopt quiet limp for getting aboard : GANGPLANK
26-across – Guard made ecstatic by the lines : SENTRY
27-across – Out-of-the-way payment embarrassed and rankled : FESTERED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Concessions for soaks? : SOPS
2-down – Look close, say : MIEN
3-down – Bishop gets overweight in spring : BOUNCE
4-down – Unsettling, little girl’s musical instrument lacking a string replacement : DISCONCERTING
6-down – Turning up to board public transport, carrying work unit and sink : SUBMERGE
7-down – Stoop to go down after prisoner : CONDESCEND
8-down – I go a lot and get treatment for toothache : ODONTALGIA
10-down – Objection to client in race car crash : RECALCITRANCE
13-down – Shining example set by clever Head : BRIGHTNESS
14-down – Rapid rise in high spirits – blackleg almost taken in : ESCALATION
17-down – Worn by people on oath : MENSWEAR
20-down – Bit of pink pottery used by writer? : INKPOT
22-down – Piano melody for two : PAIR
23-down – Slide is for poor kids : SKID
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.