This crossword No. 22276 clues and answers were published on Wed 01 Aug 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22276 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Antidote is perhaps a foot behind the bar : COUNTERMEASURE
8-across – A tree is more secure when pollarded : OSIER
9-across – Fight about drunk returning weapon : STILETTO
11-across – Engineers rejected lad’s shattered stone : EMERALD
12-across – Movement of man in hazard : ANDANTE
13-across – Force politician to wear revolutionary garland : IMPEL
15-across – Earl has desire to buttonhole male doctor for drug : EPHEDRINE
17-across – Bad weather bisecting the plateau can be focused : TRAINABLE
20-across – Many slim and lift weights : CLEAN
21-across – Falls once more when retreating from gunman : NIAGARA
23-across – Prince only eats one fish : HALIBUT
25-across – Boy keeps birds in part of ship : STERNSON
26-across – Inch back towards oriental girl : ELSIE
27-across – Respect ruined after Ben’s filled with shock, seeing apparition : BROCKENSPECTRE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Meet under bar when tight : CLOSEFITTING
2-down – One gets support from eastern ally : UNITE
3-down – Waterproof for man initially immersed in water : TARPAULIN
4-down – Strange desire to keep uranium waste : RESIDUE
5-down – What about pious exploit for lapidary phrases : EPITAPH
6-down – Use to drive round Portugal : SPEND
7-down – Not forgetting wine taken in raid in Scotland : RETENTIVE
10-down – Heathen erred sporadically in various places : HEREANDTHERE
14-down – Give performer gold for a charlatan : PLAYACTOR
16-down – In a low-cut dress officer’s about to remove : DECOLLETE
18-down – Club idiot tucking into cheese : BRASSIE
19-down – Girl upset about feature on sea urchin : ECHINUS
22-down – Staying in Nassau, Richard Strauss revealed he composed : AURIC
24-down – Attach Egyptian in triumph : BESET
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.