This crossword No. 22362 clues and answers were published on Fri 09 Nov 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22362 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Scope that helps determine where one is : LATITUDE
5-across – One in position to fish : PLAICE
9-across – Prevent young servant having something deducted from pay : STOPPAGE
10-across – Slip so badly in examination : TRIPOS
12-across – Ring active girl : OLIVE
13-across – Go on, smile! It makes a change : NEOLOGISM
14-across – Just estimation of price rise : APPRECIATION
18-across – Rate too highly cricketer’s calculation? : OVERESTIMATE
21-across – Convey with ecstasy : TRANSPORT
23-across – Made a proposal, but didn’t stay : MOVED
24-across – Records of female novices : ANNALS
25-across – Mention, as an example, solicitation : INSTANCE
26-across – Caused a technical passage to be composed : SEDATE
27-across – Average period in the interval : MEANTIME
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Wearing fewer clothes, for example? : LESSON
2-down – It marks a turning point when king takes subject out : TROPIC
3-down – The elite overthrow the drug men : TOPPEOPLE
4-down – Decline of French production : DEGENERATION
6-down – Novice takes ship in rather slowly : LARGO
7-down – Child legitimate, it’s understood : IMPLICIT
8-down – Relief afforded by two measures in the Orient : EASEMENT
11-down – Comic note can spoil accompaniment : CONCOMITANCE
15-down – Unintelligent being gets no change at vending machine : AUTOMATON
16-down – Shows they can’t be thrown by starboard lights : PORTRAYS
17-down – Stopped when socialist captured the state : REMAINED
19-down – Girl to book one Italian forward : AVANTI
20-down – Stick notice in this place : ADHERE
22-down – Disunity shown in the former Yugoslavia? : SPLIT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.