This crossword No. 22576 clues and answers were published on Fri 19 Jul 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22576 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Build up a sound team of workers : ACCRUE
5-across – Bag studio communication system : TALKBACK
9-across – Heath cut by unemployed comic writer : ERICIDLE
10-across – Restrain brother as above? : BRIDLE
11-across – They show the way trees changed, though at first a slight change : STREETLIGHTS
13-across – Look at more than a hundred places : LOCI
14-across – Idealists, poor dears, getting me right in : DREAMERS
17-across – Analysis of metrical patterns locates containers in Israel : SCANSION
18-across – One mobile holds ten beasts : OXEN
20-across – Balances, they say, and averages resources : WAYSANDMEANS
23-across – Having former PM in charge is like paradise : EDENIC
24-across – Leave without real satisfaction : REQUITAL
25-across – Hold gems ordered for metallic fabric : GOLDMESH
26-across – Force us to leave Guernsey in confusion : ENERGY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Bill leaves 1, uncertain of successful treatment : CURE
3-down – Slump in the intermission, with no one rising : RECESSION
4-down – Weather to continue? : ENDURE
5-down – The strain of church union : THEWEDDINGMARCH
6-down – Research centre has model cloned finally and tagged : LABELLED
7-down – Begin differently, in essence : BEING
8-down – Sudden, painful withdrawal from unfriendly country : COLDTURKEY
12-down – Risky, like tip-and-run : TOUCHANDGO
15-down – Spirit abroad at night? : MOONSHINE
16-down – Top student is in a small boat : PINNACLE
19-down – Noise heard from sailing ship : BARQUE
21-down – Fellows coming up in a year for the church council? : SYNOD
22-down – Report to outlaw force : BANG
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.