This crossword No. 22474 clues and answers were published on Fri 22 Mar 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22474 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Slides and photographs taken for talk : CHUTES
5-across – Buffer state head meets East European : POLISHER
9-across – Current member’s snobbish, hollow and cocky : IMPUDENT
10-across – Sailing ship makes bay from the sound : BARQUE
11-across – One has placed an order for The Times : CHRONOLOGIST
13-across – Bow taken by little bird? : KNOT
14-across – Rings for ties, American style : SLEEPERS
17-across – Pleased to have one of these flowers, in short : GLADIOLI
18-across – Animal producing beef, good cut : ROAN
20-across – Resigning, reputation having fallen : STANDINGDOWN
23-across – Monastic, or of this world? : OBLATE
24-across – Gun to make soldiers safe, reportedly : REPEATER
25-across – Accelerator can noisily exceed 100 mph? About right! : BETATRON
26-across – That lot banked gold, the result of speculation : THEORY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Low sound and soft to carry with difficulty : HUMP
3-down – Cut right at end, perhaps : TRUNCATED
4-down – Drink to keep girl on the right lines : SHERRY
5-down – Find touch : PUTONESFINGERON
6-down – Slurred song, gathered round musical instrument : LIBELLED
7-down – Son to Holy Joe is a rare youth : SPRIG
8-down – Horseman breaking a rein, out of the hunt : EQUESTRIAN
12-down – Made to hold in one’s wind, perhaps : INFLATABLE
15-down – Father in tears at time of birth : PARENTAGE
16-down – Bully leading batting order in game : DOMINEER
19-down – Dish in lively nightclub is heartless : HOTPOT
21-down – Lake’s former name is name taken by a state on the up : NYASA
22-down – Take a dim view of mole’s noise : PEER
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.