This crossword No. 22646 clues and answers were published on Wed 09 Oct 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22646 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Do they cooperate with the dance band? : BALLPLAYERS
9-across – This cat’s a pest : SCOURGE
10-across – Dye used for fans : SAFFRON
11-across – An African playing the piano touring Italy : ETHIOPIAN
12-across – A Christian university nearby : UNIAT
13-across – Part of a great deal : SOME
14-across – A High Churchman : ARCHBISHOP
16-across – The drawing power of foreign orchestras : CARTHORSES
19-across – Service return a long way off : AFAR
21-across – Writer taking Ecstasy in a sweetener : AESOP
22-across – They let light into the Brownies : APERTURES
24-across – He and Chris can make love : CHERISH
25-across – Churchill, perhaps, with one empty glass : TANKARD
26-across – Signalled from the boundary? : TELEGRAPHED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bad actor under fire on street where 1 across perform in York : BOOTHAMCRESCENT
2-down – Popular government’s instruction to go slow : LARGO
3-down – Empire-building queen and cabinet maker : PREMIER
4-down – Sailor’s thin rum drink : ABSINTH
5-down – Offensive issues arising from post mortems : EFFLUVIA
6-down – Direct route for the hospital visitor in a hurry : STRAIGHTFORWARD
7-down – Trees like feathers : ASPENS
8-down – How soldiers march on foot? : INSTEP
15-down – She sells Flora at the checkout, perhaps : SHOPGIRL
16-down – A fat one would be very little! : CHANCE
17-down – Bully driving animal under carriageway : ROADHOG
18-down – Complex woman : ELECTRA
20-down – Live with peculiar desire : RESIDE
23-down – The first coming home at St Andrew’s : TENTH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.