This crossword No. 22496 clues and answers were published on Wed 17 Apr 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22496 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Number of singers about fifty : CHLORAL
5-across – From orphan to mother – that’s the spirit! : PHANTOM
9-across – Ecclesiastical title getting high honour is poison : VENOM
10-across – Exclusive physicist in water needs waterproof : TARPAULIN
11-across – Male has trouble with note about female model in first boat : HEADOFTHERIVER
13-across – Love is painful when wrongly directed : EROS
14-across – Conclusive instructors of actors in film : LASTRADA
17-across – Shrub with 6 and I say, a moving grove : VIBURNUM
18-across – Tick over – no good? : IDLE
21-across – Union negotiator puts down indicator about one in fury with comrade : MARRIAGEBROKER
23-across – Old tiara bought initially off the back of a lorry : TAILBOARD
24-across – Comment of stable relationship among those next door? : NEIGH
25-across – Harlot has gold – which is in character? Not quite : LORETTE
26-across – Theme that has to be mastered : SUBJECT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Look out from hiding-place? : CAVE
2-down – Gunner with a stripe provides a cobbler with a minder : LANCEBOMBARDIER
3-down – Cure for extreme dyslexia : REMEDY
4-down – Don’t punish the French gentleman : LETOFF
5-down – Role call: solution, fiery exit line : PARTHIAN
6-down – Promptitude, city style, to embrace the right : ALACRITY
7-down – It isn’t given to us, they say: leave wooden bits out : TOLOVEANDBEWISE
8-down – One delving below the surface without fear – a psychologist? : MINDREADER
12-down – The big guns of rock : HEAVYMETAL
15-down – Flighty creature finds berries on the willow : FRUITBAT
16-down – Bellowed, kind of sneezed, and whistled : OUTGRABE
19-down – Homes for bloke in rising water : ABODES
20-down – Associate goblin with aristocrat : HOBNOB
22-down – See 5 : SHOT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.