This crossword No. 22544 clues and answers were published on Wed 12 Jun 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22544 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – I call the regulator: infer I’m badly placed : FISHOUTOFWATER
8-across – What may need breaking – no point – I take too many cuppas : THEIC
9-across – This 1 across can still see – a clever postscript : ANABLEPS
11-across – Breaking of rules of grammar by editor in person? : OURSELF
12-across – Home bird? I t-take what’s coming to me : INHERIT
13-across – Mog backing it? Not saying : TACIT
15-across – Church line about pollution can’t go wrong : CERTAINTY
17-across – I take 1 across : MERGANSER
20-across – I take 1 across : BOOBY
21-across – Ear’s in, ear out – lovely stuff! : EROTICA
23-across – What Brummel called the Prince, with dire results : FATALLY
25-across – Emperor with a Gallic turn, possibly : CALIGULA
26-across – Beast took a pill – no charge! : OKAPI
27-across – Block to let characters from Butlin’s get Mondays off : STUMBLINGSTONE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Set off with permit to control outbursts : FITSOFTEMPER
2-down – Cut the end off 1 across to take 1 across : SHEAR
3-down – Gold box used by painters and musicians : ORCHESTRA
4-down – Deal with cars on road : TRAFFIC
5-down – TV counsellor could be fairer about Zen leader : FRAZIER
6-down – Everyone’s expression is divine : ALLAH
7-down – Telepathy time? Not when it’s twisting the tongue : ESPERANTO
10-down – Two years’ bedsits may evoke Don’t leave me from carol singer : STAYBYMYSIDE
14-down – I take 1 across as part of flower or insect : CORMORANT
16-down – I take 1 across at sea in the Antarctic, under a pound : ALBATROSS
18-down – I take 1 across: beast who does so is about to pull up : SEAGULL
19-down – Hold back the chorus : REFRAIN
22-down – How to talk about instincts? Me? Coming up! : IDIOM
24-down – Welsh church organ’s first step recorded : LLANO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.