This crossword No. 22337 clues and answers were published on Thu 11 Oct 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22337 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Copper gets bawdy post intended for clergyman : CURACY
4-across – Use soft soap – it’s not so lumpy : FLATTER
9-across – Prepared to be crazy before daybreak : MADEREADY
10-across – Italy is sheltering Dr King, ousted by Gaddafi : IDRIS
11-across – Homework, perhaps, heads of school always read aloud : ESSAY
12-across – Shopping, including tea bags : PURCHASES
13-across – Ornament used for tile design : TREFOIL
15-across – Minister soft on crime : PARSON
17-across – Is there a soupcon of French pique because they lost this in 1759? : QUEBEC
19-across – Cobblers pursue proctor’s assistant : BULLDOG
22-across – Craft of Venezia, fore and aft, on Italian river taking aquatic creature back : VAPORETTO
24-across – Bill in America loves Prohibition : TABOO
26-across – Poles have to suffer – they’re hammered! : NAILS
27-across – Roman writer or Roman leader in college embraced by Pope : PETRONIUS
28-across – This might be raised by the disdainful Cockney intellectual, we hear : EYEBROW
29-across – One who had stable employment in the east of Germany left with a hesitant expression : OSTLER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – How the French make remarks? : COMMENT
2-down – Ways through the woods are free ways : RIDES
3-down – Wretch going by railway to search for a grooming aid : CURRYCOMB
4-down – Knowing about some insectivorous plant : FLYTRAP
5-down – Around Michigan, remains of the strictly old-fashioned sect : AMISH
6-down – Beginning to do farm work and getting on with it : THRESHOLD
7-down – To stand up to rest is unusual : RESIST
8-down – Fish meal oddly rejected: apart from the stigma, it also has style : CARPEL
14-down – Outfit on French river has balance : EQUIPOISE
16-down – Joy comes between Rex and small family : RELATIONS
18-down – Person used in musical about phone technology : CATSPAW
19-down – Game of chance after bishop gets hopelessly drunk : BLOTTO
20-down – Shopkeeper is said to have got fatter : GROSSER
21-down – He’s ejected from heaven, then uses Eve initially as a means of approach : AVENUE
23-down – This part of stair is erect : RISER
25-down – Book associated with running water and fish : BRILL
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.