This crossword No. 22253 clues and answers were published on Thu 05 Jul 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22253 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – The carrier’s in liquor, the rat! : BETRAYER
9-across – See 21 : HEARTS
10-across – Jumper to do a runner, say : FLEA
11-across – Big bud, the way into favour : BESTFRIEND
12-across – Playwright’s half 2 in cheese : BARRIE
14-across – 24across comes back and nods off: they 2 24across’s 11 : DIAMONDS
15-across – A send off for one of 9 or 14 : REDCARD
17-across – A weight – I can carry it all : ATONEGO
20-across – Grand student on fieldwork at scene of 18 : KLONDIKE
22-across – Gates, maybe, soft before time : PEARLY
23-across – Galilee, the place arranged with an opening : ANTECHAPEL
24-across – Friday’s child? Some giving, right, and a little loving? : GIRL
25-across – Part of the bloodline in paternal grandmother? : PLASMA
26-across – Mediterranean 2, home about 2 : NEAREAST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – What 13 does is 8 : TELLTALE
2-down – Region with a reason, without an issue : AREA
3-down – 15 means extra repeats : BYEBYE
4-down – Take chair before team? : PRESIDE
5-down – See 19 : THEFEAST
6-down – Muslim leader, cast iron, at a scene of 18 : CALIFORNIA
7-down – Out of one’s mind with 14? : STONED
13-down – Scheherazade was seen playing with our cat : RACONTEUSE
16-down – Terminus unidentifiable since privatisation? : RAILHEAD
18-down – Lord Muck in effusion by Charlie Chaplin : GOLDRUSH
19-down – Sneak thief, for example, with pet arrangement for celebrating Christmas? : KEEPING
21-down – If they want company, name a cathedral to attend: there are plenty about : LONELY
22-down – Church’s column, not well within standard : PILLAR
24-down – Hoddle in Scotland for a single night? : GLEN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.