This crossword No. 22460 clues and answers were published on Wed 06 Mar 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22460 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Rated the Guardian in 17, perhaps : ABUSED
5-across – Giant about to veto explosive game : GOBANG
8-across – : BELIEVE
9-across – : ITORNOT
11-across – A hundred and fifty honest sermons? Could be an illusion : LOCHNESSMONSTER
12-across – One road off : AWAY
13-across – Golly! Feel so bad inside – fear of Christmas dinner? : GOOSEFLESH
17-across – All of us together having a naughty weak end in bed : UNAWAKENED
18-across – Tramp ‘eard in the wind? : OBOE
20-across – Don”t grant a prayer or. . . : REFUSECOLLECTOR
23-across – . . .my old man will go mad – nuts – barmy : DUSTMAN
24-across – Timeless affront to a river that is narrow : INSULAR
25-across – Stick a bit right in : PIERCE
26-across – Man without a cover for the compound : HALIDE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Battle overhead? : BALACLAVA
3-down – Since it’s said to be 8 acrossing : SEEING
4-down – Various screeds do get written about ties, etc : DRESSCODE
5-down – Forbidding many brothers that told tales : GRIMM
6-down – Chancellor on holiday to make one fed up? : BROWNOFF
7-down – Tennis impossible with this group : NONET
8-down – Member of Eastern alliance in resting place under attack : BELEAGUERED
10-down – Outstanding acolyte in love? : TORCHBEARER
14-down – Egotishtical seafood? : SHELLFISH
15-down – Rescheduling debt, male model is under attack : EMBATTLED
16-down – I paid and managed Morse’s liberation : RANSOMER
19-down – Carnivore one has words with : WEASEL
21-down – At high speed I make records : FASTI
22-down – A once capsized boat : CANOE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.