This crossword No. 22280 clues and answers were published on Mon 06 Aug 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22280 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Two card games one may come across : PONTOONBRIDGE
10-across – Be taunted about being a young socialite : DEBUTANTE
11-across – Large kind of type in the chapter : CANON
12-across – Stay in Lincoln – I would : ABIDE
13-across – Subordinate in a position lower than Heather : UNDERLING
14-across – A breach of security : LEAKAGE
16-across – Tabitha changes one’s environment : HABITAT
18-across – Where man cuts adrift? : SANCTUM
20-across – Lead about a hundred into deep trouble : PRECEDE
21-across – Get into debt? Not interested : INCURIOUS
23-across – Yet this may increase a don’s standing : CHAIR
24-across – She inspired the lyrics in the opera Tosca : ERATO
25-across – Man of many parts, perhaps : AUTOMATON
26-across – One gets down to the cleaning with this : FEATHERDUSTER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – See 17 : OFBRITAIN
3-down – Handle right : TITLE
4-down – One of us turns out to be unemployable : OFNOUSE
5-down – The measure of the Bard? : BREADTH
6-down – Having no remedy but to suffer an island uprising : INCURABLE
7-down – Gin that is a form of bottled spirits : GENII
8-down – Faultlessly dressed – like perfect partners? : IDEALLYSUITED
9-down – Champions away from home? : KNIGHTSERRANT
15-down – Right at the back, yet wanting the lion’s share : AFTERMOST
17-down – Few were victorious in this : THEBATTLE
19-down – Bank parking fee : MOORAGE
20-down – Assumed it’s minced topside : POSITED
22-down – Make cracks on passing fashion : CRAZE
23-down – French writer quietly exits the academic field : CAMUS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.