This crossword No. 22600 clues and answers were published on Fri 16 Aug 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22600 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Hardy hero taking good puff before award : ADJUDGE
5-across – Subsequent article left on one side : LATERAL
9-across – Verrucas repelled Jack : STRAW
10-across – Virgin is indifferent? : UNTOUCHED
11-across – The outcome of a big splash out o-on flash do? : NOAHSFLOOD
12-across – Rubbed shoulders, maybe, with state elder : MASS
14-across – Sound of a ship’s cannon? : ARMOFTHESEA
18-across – One is opposed to bishop greeting trade union? What a bloomer! : ANTIRRHINUM
21-across – See 12 : AGED
22-across – Unbalanced and unhappy star takes back TV trophy, sick at heart : ASYMMETRIC
25-across – Spaniard is given a part: the continental Scotsman? : CASTILIAN
26-across – Ne plus ultra, so far as this region goes! : THULE
27-across – Blue wine is a washout : SADSACK
28-across – In hall, grand parties promenade ¿ every one of them : CONCERT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Agree to a rise, we’re told : ASSENT
2-down – River ordinance incorporated within the month : JORDAN
3-down – Where scullions knew their place : DOWNSTAIRS
4-down – Gain the same standard uniform : EQUAL
5-down – Amusing items in the auction? : LOTSOFFUN
6-down – Utterly wrong tense : TAUT
7-down – Do a dry run? Here goes – bottom’s down! : REHEARSE
8-down – Doctor Dylan’s MA presented to Don Giovanni : LADYSMAN
13-down – The French left Munich man in time to reach Burgundy : CHAMBERTIN
15-down – One’s taken up by the painter with a handshake : MAHLSTICK
16-down – Airline cuts revealing sums of spare cash : BALANCES
17-down – 6 is underlined : STRESSED
19-down – Beef and game : GROUSE
20-down – Grant is held up by student peccadilloes : ACCEPT
23-down – Elated, magnetic? Get away! : MANIC
24-down – Prima dona taking into her veins something impounded by state prosecutor : DIVA
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.