This crossword No. 22256 clues and answers were published on Mon 09 Jul 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22256 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Free water : SPRING
5-across – Waste of a key public service : FUTILITY
9-across – Man rises above it : IRISHSEA
10-across – Snooping, a small number make notes : NOSING
11-across – An order for despatch : DEATHWARRANT
13-across – Destructive bore in Spanish river : EBRO
14-across – Complete cancellation of a golf match? : ROUNDOFF
17-across – Confine Brown without leave to military HQ : PENTAGON
18-across – Grain of discomfort : CORN
20-across – Abandon Britain, say, to live in isolation here? : DESERTISLAND
23-across – Wrongly admits to being at the centre of things : AMIDST
24-across – One has a job to get money from one : EMPLOYER
25-across – Odd doctrine obtains goods without paying : ONCREDIT
26-across – The game’s finished without a team : NOSIDE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – A state of pure chaos : PERU
3-down – Changed round when batting team has been dismissed : INSIDEOUT
4-down – Yet his talk is far from uplifting! : GASBAG
5-down – How one may get down to make money dishonestly? : FEATHERONESNEST
6-down – Mythical king who never quite got what he wanted : TANTALUS
7-down – Runner defeated in close race : LOSER
8-down – Pitcher on the table? : TUNINGFORK
12-down – A meal’s been cooked for sailors : ABLESEAMEN
15-down – Such trees are barely recognisable in winter : DECIDUOUS
16-down – Shaken and upset : AGITATED
19-down – Does it secure tile to shingle? : HATPIN
21-down – Dis duck – or dat? : EIDER
22-down – Guide to the first card : LEAD
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.