This crossword No. 22543 clues and answers were published on Tue 11 Jun 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22543 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Pooch eating a particle, which makes a change : MUTATION
9-across – Expenditure on song that’s no longer popular : OUTLAY
10-across – One in Grub Street getting the chop : HACK
11-across – Giant growth on border of America : POLYPHEMUS
12-across – Is French woman featured in Scripture? : ESTHER
14-across – Inner layer of final lines To an Empty Room : ENDODERM
15-across – Lacking coherence, fight plenty but lose fast : SCRAPPY
17-across – Supply seafood in vessel? On the contrary : FURNISH
20-across – Composer adds backing part to male solo : BACHELOR
22-across – Decide about the Spanish lane : RUELLE
23-across – Has time in fancy with the flow : DOWNSTREAM
24-across – Deliver blow to party : BASH
25-across – Fall ill, catching bovine disease, and plummet : ABSEIL
26-across – Subtract from catering outlet : TAKEAWAY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Where junior dinosaur packs roam, Don having fled : JURASSIC
2-down – See 1 : PARK
3-down – Fish for a light sleeper : KIPPER
4-down – Applying undue force, learner becomes detached : UNGLUED
5-down – Former president makes ceremonial marriage vow underground : POMPIDOU
6-down – Turn out in time for old TV newsreel? : ATTENDANCE
7-down – Car fever nearly filling container : JAGUAR
13-down – Recruiting agent, or master of foxhounds? : HEADHUNTER
16-down – With respect to broken tile in former place of learning : POLITELY
18-down – Central European is turning on heartless islander : SILESIAN
19-down – Curious attire for a ditty : ARIETTA
21-down – A second Lincoln brought up as a simple being : AMOEBA
22-down – New version in which debauchee swallows measure : REMAKE
24-down – Radiate support : BEAM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.