This crossword No. 22623 clues and answers were published on Thu 12 Sep 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22623 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Cosmetic exercise for all to see in Pope’s action? : BEAUTIFICATION
9-across – One can tell when a pupil isn’t working : OCULIST
10-across – Putting money on a dog is commonly practised : CURRENT
11-across – Someone in uniform teased within earshot : GUIDE
12-across – Beginning to go below, prisoner brought in explosive : GUNPOWDER
13-across – Most in street upset about awful din : TRENDIEST
14-across – Beg President to take precedence : PLEAD
15-across – Very big vehicle may be what film actor is after : OSCAR
17-across – Twenty years ago Labour MPs were downtrodden! : UNDERFOOT
20-across – Sort of food thing covered in grain : WHITEMEAT
22-across – Bread no longer available across the Channel : FRANC
23-across – Went berserk in diatribe about Brazilian city : RANRIOT
24-across – Composer of operas using percussion instrument in one : BELLINI
25-across – To be unseeing, to somehow keep necessarily quiet : BITEONESTONGUE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Like some of the accountant’s figures presented for discussion : BROUGHTFORWARD
2-down – Vulgar American four entertained by their President no longer : ABUSIVE
3-down – One not expected to score is emotional about excellent half-century : TAILENDER
4-down – Lard that is besetting bloke mostly responsible for enervation : FATIGUE
5-down – Clown, eccentric – one of a lovely bunch? : COCONUT
6-down – Trunk coming from gnarled roots : TORSO
7-down – Late deliveries on the field – water on the ground, we hear? : OVERDUE
8-down – Various pieces in street I coveted, but he may have deterred me! : STOREDETECTIVE
14-down – Case getting left with female bits and pieces : PORTFOLIO
16-down – Upright character in church opposing drink : CHIANTI
17-down – Left after dinner? : UNEATEN
18-down – Something in computer – a bit sticking up, almost broken : DATABUS
19-down – Old sailor performing on a soapbox? : ORATING
21-down – Type size for characters used in the literature : ELITE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.