This crossword No. 22526 clues and answers were published on Wed 22 May 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22526 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Glasses raised at L’Opera : LORGNETTE
10-across – Wood is damaged by one : EBONY
11-across – The batsman’s occupation : INNINGS
12-across – Man in a mother country : AMERICA
13-across – They curl and lift cubes : TONGS
14-across – Irish group playing Bach roles : BACHELORS
16-across – Les canadiens, for example : FRENCHCANADIANS
19-across – Belt proclaiming a Knight Bachelor : SURCINGLE
21-across – Run downhill : PISTE
22-across – Where a houseman rules? : KINGDOM
23-across – Fought as law bred free-for-all : BRAWLED
24-across – Subject is: The Discontented Mule : THEME
25-across – Investment specialist? : OUTFITTER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – They charge others, even pets : PLAINTIFFS
2-down – I left command to the artillery : ORDNANCE
3-down – A bread-like fruit : ANANAS
4-down – Some American depositors backed this inventor : OTIS
5-down – Galloping cancer seen in second birth : RENASCENCE
6-down – Clergyman Paul, an American hero going to North Dakota : REVEREND
7-down – Spotted in play, its effect is disastrous : DOMINO
8-down – It’s a wild year for a cat? : EYRA
14-down – Game belonging to the past? Nonsense! : BACKGAMMON
15-down – They keep the hose straight : SUSPENDERS
17-down – The line of those in the playground : CHILDREN
18-down – Positive kind of zero? On the contrary! : ABSOLUTE
20-down – Landing strip : RUNNER
21-down – A lake not easily ruffled : PLACID
22-down – Christopher Marlowe’s last predator : KITE
23-down – Crazy flutters : BATS
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.