This crossword No. 22310 clues and answers were published on Mon 10 Sep 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22310 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Pretend to understand : MAKEOUT
8-across – Tend not to be on the level : INCLINE
10-across – Girl carries on in Juliet’s place : VERONA
11-across – Introduce girl to mysterious rite with incense : IRRITATE
12-across – Specialist store sounds capital : DELI
13-across – He hasn’t made the First XI : TWELFTHMAN
14-across – Unwelcome extra duty : TAXINCREASE
19-across – Aristocratic Sixth Form? : UPPERCLASS
22-across – River that’s Polish – or German : ODER
23-across – Giver of artificial respiration : IRONLUNG
24-across – Somewhat sooner : RATHER
25-across – The side knocked out was robbed : HEISTED
26-across – Lawyers’ profit is cheap at the price : BARGAIN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Club retainers who used to drag their wives along : CAVEMEN
2-down – Girl executed in the bullring : VERONICA
3-down – Expert in French : AUFAIT
4-down – A charge made upon income? : ENTRYFEE
5-down – Seize an egg collection : CLUTCH
6-down – Beginning a letter : INITIAL
9-down – The cost to be met in bayonet attack? : FIXEDCHARGE
15-down – Takes in Uncle Sid when ousted : INCLUDES
16-down – Want footwear bearing right label : SHORTAGE
17-down – Boxed by fashionable drapers : SPARRED
18-down – Somewhat green and barely in charge of a class : GENERIC
20-down – He is unusually tense about mid-afternoon : ERNEST
21-down – Second best part in a hilarious performance : SCREAM
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.