This crossword No. 22269 clues and answers were published on Tue 24 Jul 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22269 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Thanks Mr Hackman expressly for the stew : TAJINE
4-across – Cancel return of Basque militants with former Soviet president’s majority : ABROGATE
9-across – One : ARISE
10-across – Makes good preserves : MAINTAINS
11-across – Developing buds seem to have resistance under water : SUBMERSED
12-across – One to cope with a husband… : IDEAL
13-across – … rapt? : PARTEXCHANGE
17-across – Pudding on plate slurped all over the place : APPLESTRUDEL
20-across – Build beams noisily : RAISE
21-across – No middle-aged spread for this old-timer! : HOURGLASS
23-across – A kiss to inspire a Dickensian architect : PECKSNIFF
24-across – Scotsman with a ***wife and a bird : MACAW
25-across – A promenade around the isles is out of this world : PARADISE
26-across – A survey of Newfoundland : GANDER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Rex scarpered, taking a month to make the crossing : TRANSEPT
2-down – A cooler turkey, perhaps, is one in the coop? : JAILBIRD
3-down – Grannie certainly bore one of the brood : NIECE
5-down – Maybe Pugh’s an expert at the game : BLINDMANSBUFF
6-down – The boat from Oxford University set off : OUTRIGGER
7-down – Stood and endured : ABIDED
8-down – You once took Mona back… no hassle? : EASILY
10-down – Oklahoma supports game : MUSICALCHAIRS
14-down – Pushed out, you said? : EXPRESSED
15-down – Lent is brought forward : ADVANCED
16-down – A scrap of a form? : CLASSWAR
18-down – Put on your warm coat and hold your tongue! : WRAPUP
19-down – New crime wave presents a poser : MINCER
22-down – A strange character is Ray, sometimes : GAMMA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.