This crossword No. 22666 clues and answers were published on Fri 01 Nov 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22666 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – No way! A trainee soldier needs one for remembrance : NOSTALGIA
10-across – Egg producer wants nothing to change : OVARY
11-across – Hand that’s straightening things out, reportedly : WRITING
12-across – Storage space for the ministers : CABINET
13-across – Papers resorting to smear tactics? : REAMS
14-across – Eager to change fellows thought at first to be in accord : AGREEMENT
16-across – People from Calais and Cracow join in grand wood activity : FRENCHPOLISHING
19-across – Pass judgement on one held inside with sensitivity : SENTIENCE
21-across – Office worker with time to prepare lure : TEMPT
22-across – Fifty hold out after sailor returns with iron pigs : BALLAST
23-across – Goodbye, little sausage! : CHEERIO
24-across – Bender being moved? : BINGE
25-across – Frank dined with the contestant : CANDIDATE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Steamship taking this time to float into frozen hazards : SNOWDRIFTS
2-down – Speak with force like Hook, for example : ASPIRATE
3-down – Graduate thus starting to study the fundamentals : BASICS
4-down – Past generation initially impatient to get going : AGOG
5-down – Bach said to be on a roll with composer’s penultimate boat song : BARCAROLLE
6-down – The last people to get drinks? : COBBLERS
7-down – Indian born to pussyfoot? : PAWNEE
8-down – A pathological sac, said Sister, with no hesitation : CYST
14-down – Staff supplies found after plane crash : ALPENSTOCK
15-down – Drunk stays below, where few can walk straight lines : TIGHTROPES
17-down – I take chances around bends : CHICANES
18-down – Incorruptible? I’m only human! : IMMORTAL
20-down – Partners inside only changed leg wear : NYLONS
21-down – This includes points for a dissertation : THESIS
22-down – Little one is produced by degrees : BABE
23-down – Council’s top social worker is not able to : CANT
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.