This crossword No. 22222 clues and answers were published on Wed 30 May 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22222 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Change poles for entry into 11 : TRANSFORM
6-across – That is nearly the date : IDES
10-across – The drink of kings from the right : LAGER
11-across – Desire the way back and the rest will be included : STREETCAR
12-across – Opposed to silver being put in auction – rescue needed : SALVAGE
13-across – Not too far for Grannie, possibly : INRANGE
14-across – Poseur requiring aid? It isn’t true : ATTITUDINISER
17-across – Standard first page has Gore in rupture with the trappings : PARAPHERNALIA
21-across – Advertiser gives his cat a cuckoo : SAATCHI
22-across – 3’s house, one with wind indicator outside : IVANHOE
24-across – Needle covers in the ring? : HAYSTACKS
25-across – Poem to the beautiful Lydia partly returned : IDYLL
26-across – Remarkably pink? : RARE
27-across – Afterwards trust and yours may come first : SINCERELY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 3’s charm : TALISMAN
2-down – The nurse from hell? : ANGEL
3-down – Writer’s writ’s changed – changes bed inside : SIRWALTERSCOTT
4-down – Farm offices in Scotland sound the opposite of the schools regulator : ONSTEAD
5-down – 3’s girl eating her head : MARMION
7-down – Church official a fairy, reportedly: relax constraint : DECONTROL
8-down – See 18 : STREET
9-down – Agent dealing with gift to take up musical : REPRESENTATIVE
15-down – Superior woodcutter gets a penny for a mile from Twain character : TOPSAWYER
16-down – 3’s station on … : WAVERLEY
18-down – … sewage plant in reproduction : PRINCES
19-down – Old navigator giving coiners trouble : ERICSON
20-down – Waters part for modest heroine : ESTHER
23-down – Astronomy ends in something black, according to this expert : HOYLE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.