This crossword No. 22585 clues and answers were published on Tue 30 Jul 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22585 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Roots of any really admirable, unusual clue and reliably intriguing answer produce a puzzling growth : ARAUCARIA
6-across – Principle of the characters in command : ETHIC
9-across – See 11 : BACKOFMYCABONCE
10-across – Oz player gets hit on the head : NAIL
11-across – Fame with hackney and hansom cabbies’ chat, tho’ it is dissipated! : IHADTHAT
14-across – Start to saute mushroom with a light touch: it sounds dubious : SCEPTICAL
15-across – Nostradamus calling within: Fly from the house! : MUSCA
16-across – See 11 : INTHE
18-across – Yen standard in ruins around thousands of Americans rioting : RISINGSUN
20-across – See 11 : WHATSHIS
21-across – See 11 : NAME
25-across – El Greco, so sadly losing line, framing Mount Weizmann with The Miser : EBENEZERSCROOGE
26-across – Capped for Ulster, are they? : KNEES
27-across – Disease of society is consuming Psyche and her lover : SIDEROSIS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Duchess who divested new saint : ALBAN
2-down – Records are cut with knife : ARCHIVE
3-down – Chinese brand getting fired with this? : CHOP
4-down – Pride produced residual diet? : RUMP
5-down – Condition of confusing one’s local with home, endlessly : ALCOHOLISM
6-down – The law is the true ____ : EMBODIMENT
7-down – Quasimodo’s premonitions? : HUNCHES
8-down – Revolutionary start to treatment in Spain for angina : CHESTPAIN
12-down – Serene, square and shorn! : STRESSLESS
13-down – No such infamy for limeys? : SCURVINESS
14-down – Pish! Why ring the Lutine bell? : SHIPWRECK
17-down – Swinger seeking gin and the life of Riley, say? : TRAPEZE
19-down – Lady of Shallot was half sick of Richard’s old backers : SHADOWS
22-down – Early knights shouted the odds : EVENS
23-down – One might see a lot of such cars : USED
24-down – Three kings succeeding bishop with a cold expression : BRRR
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.