This crossword No. 22664 clues and answers were published on Wed 30 Oct 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22664 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bird on a plate – but he flew in the past : ALCOCK
4-across – Ambitious worker goes to Paris for a change : ASPIRANT
9-across – Fellows need help in getting her : MAIDEN
10-across – Name a ship after Joyce, perhaps : DUBLINER
11-across – Where Rupert is too conservative? : BEHINDTHETIMES
13-across – He maintains frequency by rescheduling one up train : PIANOTUNER
14-across – A French officer is unusual : UNCO
16-across – Drive is something in our genes : URGE
18-across – Drake’s boat could be adapted for youth transport : SKATEBOARD
21-across – Old time coppers? : BEATGENERATION
23-across – One sample carries exceptional load of sin : IDOLATRY
24-across – Memory recalled drink – spirit : MORALE
25-across – Discernment of age trouble with shelter to the old : EAGLEEYE
26-across – How a Cockney says he works with this : ARDOUR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Handout for a defunct railway : ALMS
2-down – Monster – we must have him taken into care somehow : CHIMERA
3-down – False direction gets one lost in town : CREDITON
5-down – Blow one’s top in it? : SOUTHWESTER
6-down – Where tenants may be up creeks : INLETS
7-down – Swiss banker takes on an extra name : AGNOMEN
8-down – Numbers reject Euro to delay entry : THRESHOLD
12-down – Saturnalia could be gory : DRUNKENORGY
13-down – Lead on a string : PLUMBLINE
15-down – A club to take up church teaching? It’s for killing : ABATTOIR
17-down – This with means to support : GOALONG
19-down – Trouble after a small case of fruit : AVOCADO
20-down – Father’s relative has his name in stone : AGNATE
22-down – Prophet sounds dry and withered : SEER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.