This crossword No. 22501 clues and answers were published on Tue 23 Apr 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22501 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Carriage for the French female in the money : CALASH
4-across – A whale turning ocean-going craft over : ACROSS
9-across – Head of family, note : KING
10-across – They receive price set in fixed arrangement : RECIPIENTS
11-across – Admission course : ENTREE
12-across – Ignore superior air : OVERLOOK
13-across – The man’s leading one at a time in a derisory way : HISSINGLY
15-across – Bearing with average sound : MIEN
16-across – Amass support : PILE
17-across – Part is for Easter egg production : SEGREGATE
21-across – Academic takes exercise with daughter, the old buffoon! : PEDANTIC
22-across – Tender, relatively speaking : SISTER
24-across – No smart set would make such a selection : ASSORTMENT
25-across – Throw out some miscellaneous trinkets : OUST
26-across – A dramatist’s jejune retreat : DRYDEN
27-across – Not up-to-date, being retrogressive, but made progress : WENTON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Greek character set against Italian wine : CHIANTI
2-down – Glare madly when alcoholic drink is served : LAGER
3-down – Boy with an inner compulsion to become a medical practitioner : SURGEON
5-down – Mimics one in clerical dress : COPIES
6-down – Above all, too economical with the truth : OVERLYING
7-down – Catalogue company at a disadvantage : SETDOWN
8-down – The young director : SCHOOLTEACHER
14-down – An old sailor, a right-minded man, dancing : SALTATORY
16-down – Bore down on a leading journalist : PRESSED
18-down – Favour trees to affect a transformation : ROSETTE
19-down – Time to argue for disloyalty : TREASON
20-down – Astute misrepresentation of the figure : STATUE
23-down – Hard up and so brusque : SHORT
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.