This crossword No. 22635 clues and answers were published on Thu 26 Sep 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22635 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Frenzy about maggot returning to Canadian province : MANITOBA
5-across – Money church got back for cake : ECLAIR
9-across – Muscle up, improbably, with equipment for internal investigation : SPECULUM
10-across – Vulgar report about the Italian fabric : BURLAP
11-across – Far from simple book about artist’s materials : TOILSOME
12-across – Beer buffs, given time, returning to surface : TARMAC
14-across – Serb gutter press working here? : GRUBSTREET
18-across – Tutee with IQ10 confused by cyberspace protocol : NETIQUETTE
22-across – Logo with spaces for inclusion of Belgium and Luxembourg : EMBLEM
23-across – Legal eagle missing turn at jousting match : ATTORNEY
24-across – Follower of Louis XV – or of French winter sport? : DELUGE
25-across – Brownish haze previously arousing suspicion : MISTRUST
26-across – Lord of old to acquire gismo : GADGET
27-across – Reversal of setback keeps one in the frame : ESPALIER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Compiler compiled on a plateau : MESETA
2-down – Mental activity is pre-empted by votes against : NOESIS
3-down – Saw to reform of desanctified 25 : TRUISM
4-down – It’s screamed by bird in pop group with raised colour : BLUEMURDER
6-down – Something to go with the curry? : CHUPATTI
7-down – Arm and leg I’m breaking with a twinkle : AGLIMMER
8-down – Blame a financial institution’s greed : RAPACITY
13-down – It’s the midwife’s business to provide baby’s first sister with cot : OBSTETRICS
15-down – Don’t cook enough goulash, initially, for the outsider : UNDERDOG
16-down – Put out, drained and unshaven : STUBBLED
17-down – Understand about queen’s surprised remark to cleaner : SQUEEGEE
19-down – Haven I supplied to a Shakespearean : PORTIA
20-down – Incorporated universal : INCUBI
21-down – Reputed aphrodisiac in the world of proverb : OYSTER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.