This crossword No. 22334 clues and answers were published on Mon 08 Oct 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22334 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Carry a gun with sleeves rolled up, we hear : BEARARMS
9-across – Keeping up an empty apartment : AFLOAT
10-across – Postpone a visit : STAY
11-across – Clipper of the line : CLOTHESPEG
12-across – Tropical disease? : CANCER
14-across – Your ills may turn out to be imaginary : ILLUSORY
15-across – One refusing to work in the forward line : STRIKER
17-across – Divorce and go to pieces : BREAKUP
20-across – Herein a peculiar tale, out of this world : ETHEREAL
22-across – Where the batsman stands about in case : CREASE
23-across – Beyond the scope of a plumber : FATHOMLESS
24-across – It’s made to last : SHOE
25-across – A new paper to be published : APPEAR
26-across – Watch dances in which one has pupils : EYEBALLS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Tied up and has no food : KEPTFAST
2-down – The old way up to the squirrel’s nest : DREY
3-down – One looking for a radioactive isotope : TRACER
4-down – Points to raise in a republic : ESTONIA
5-down – Composer has part written up for a single person : BACHELOR
6-down – Narrow escape after cutting it fine? : CLOSESHAVE
7-down – Rush about, madly calling : CAREER
13-down – In the sphere of misdeeds this is a record : CRIMESHEET
16-down – Always increasing? : EVERMORE
18-down – Sound simple : UNSPOILT
19-down – It’s deeply opposed to the devil : BLUESEA
21-down – First of the inclinations of vagrants : TRAMPS
22-down – Battered fish she accepted : COSHED
24-down – Circus performer to making an impression : SEAL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.