This crossword No. 22247 clues and answers were published on Thu 28 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22247 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Absorb abstract : DIGEST
4-across – Outer layer of letter I fire shells at : EPIBLAST
9-across – The common man, being skint, changes sides : BLOKE
10-across – Work record brought into smart but specious argument : CHOPLOGIC
11-across – Headhunter’s current employment in part of England : HAMPSHIRE
12-across – The compiler is to report to the gangway : AISLE
13-across – Feeling bad about being unimpressed, initially, by the widow’s mite, say : CONTRIBUTION
17-across – Bloom given praise before 12 : MORNINGGLORY
20-across – Weapon carried by livestock? : ESTOC
21-across – Markets dramatist, getting a reasonable cut : FAIRSHARE
23-across – Bullying the astronaut is out of order : STRONGARM
24-across – Sounding bored with remote access? : OUIJA
25-across – Start to shrivel and decay, as passion may : SMOULDER
26-across – Notice cinematic litigant’s return : REMARK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bird with modern date reflected on old one with bumpkin : DABCHICK
2-down – Look into what happens in casinos at twilight : GLOAMING
3-down – Cooks in house of ill repute : STEWS
5-down – Worker on trial is in concert in part of church : PROTESTANTISM
6-down – Charge a toll at the dwindling river : BILLABONG
7-down – A blow grips university, falling between academic years : AUGUST
8-down – Label lacking head and heart : TICKER
10-down – On the way up, stitch up playground feature : CLIMBINGFRAME
14-down – A contralto not keeping time, perhaps, in gummy passage? : ROOTCANAL
15-down – Boy and girl rising for a piece of music : SONATINA
16-down – Denmark, a hyperactive place with a platform for free speech : HYDEPARK
18-down – Certain to secure second victory, standing against… : VERSUS
19-down – … last of Hague’s Tories, I lost badly, needing two speakers : STEREO
22-down – Smashed the oven : STOVE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.