This crossword No. 22485 clues and answers were published on Thu 04 Apr 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22485 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Adjustment is required to circumvent many a dispute : ALTERCATION
9-across – Soon each French city accepts recipe : EARLYON
10-across – Newborn issue given Welsh name : BRONWEN
11-across – Free – as air or melody? : UNCHAINED
12-across – Shrewd Congressman’s first article on the state of Albany : CANNY
13-across – Very pale blue or green flower : NILE
14-across – A little dog – perhaps one plays with it : TOYSPANIEL
16-across – Fleshed out feature found in Dublin Echo : DOUBLECHIN
19-across – In France, who quietly delivers a bon mot? : QUIP
20-across – Prepare for scan on the Fourth of July : READY
21-across – Bill’s partner with new diet consumed 84 starters and felt better as a result : BENEFITED
23-across – Prolong a short trip abroad : SPINOUT
24-across – Chairman’s back with directors in passage : NARROWS
25-across – Latin and Greek races : THECLASSICS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Rural guilt I cast off as a farmer : AGRICULTURALIST
2-down – A South American weasel – it’s in the dictionary at the back : TAYRA
3-down – Nick has to come across : RUNINTO
4-down – Songs of sunrise demanded in Australia : AUBADES
5-down – Remove wrinkles from head of cabin boy in ship : IRONCLAD
6-down – Currently employed, they make everyone a loser : NOWINSITUATIONS
7-down – Rudder’s astern, as it may be on a packet : RETURNADDRESS
8-down – Voltaire, say – deep cynic lost at sea : ENCYCLOPEDIST
15-down – Sword in Rome forged by Cassius once : CLAYMORE
17-down – Copper and aluminium encasing part of the forearm : CUBITAL
18-down – It’s good to have had a long life : INNINGS
22-down – A physicist starts to find Einsteinian relativity more involved : FERMI
This crossword has in total 26 where 14 are across and 12 are down.