This crossword No. 22538 clues and answers were published on Wed 05 Jun 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22538 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Spirit with cordial : FAMILIAR
5-across – See 2 : BRANDO
9-across – About to take detour perhaps? : REROUTED
10-across – Actress featuring in The Italian Job, we hear : MINNIE
11-across – Razor blade passed round melon, one with supposed living matter : BIOGENIC
12-across – See 20 : MATURE
14-across – Storm punctuated by storms with a domestic clear-out : GARAGESALE
18-across – Mutant canine tuna, say : ANNUNCIATE
22-across – See 10 : DRIVER
23-across – Little piece of boy, a girl : SONATINA
24-across – Disgraced shopaholic, one to associate closely with a stain on island : IMELDA
25-across – Topless sexy person embraced in amorous fashion : ROMANTIC
26-across – Automatic character put together by acting musician : GEORGE
27-across – Claims girl has been grabbed by boy : DECLARES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 26 : FORMBY
2-down – Actor in manure working to make love : MARLON
3-down – Fashion designer and graduate name actress : LAUREN
4-down – Bitter substance’s name turns up in tree, almost dead : ACETICACID
6-down – Use train that’s unreliable, seeking damages : RUINATES
7-down – Elderly relative seizes on smell that’s unlike her own : NONHUMAN
8-down – Fully aware of golf tournament I’d spoken of : OPENEYED
13-down – Foodie dwarf eating ham roast : GASTRONOME
15-down – Bounder desperate for a job when playing around, we hear? : CADDYING
16-down – Hapless character transported on the air : ANTIHERO
17-down – Likely loser and German gored badly : UNDERDOG
19-down – See 3 : BACALL
20-down – Winner demanding seasoned actor : VICTOR
21-down – See 24 : MARCOS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.