This crossword No. 22670 clues and answers were published on Wed 06 Nov 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22670 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
4-across – Plain comfortable : HOMELY
6-across – Jumper’s game requiring nerve : POLONECK
9-across – Derail badly – having come off the line, you might? : REDIAL
10-across – Union head turns to Judaism : ADHESION
11-across – Financial instability of two supported couples, the first disheartened : BOOMANDBUST
15-across – Vineyard brews of the upper classes : CHATEAU
17-across – A section of Ankara, China’s Asian capital once : KARACHI
18-across – Shaky performer in call for ardency gone to pieces : BELLYDANCER
22-across – Something crude enters sheep, something hairy : FORELOCK
23-across – Cell door confines me : GAMETE
24-across – Country whose name was changed, so I heard : RHODESIA
25-across – Greek character needs a doctor, one figures : RHOMBI
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – On the mountain, a camel? To a certain extent : ALPACA
2-down – Painful withdrawal, having raw meat : COLDTURKEY
3-down – Deserters run off endlessly going north, with this as their guide? : POLESTAR
4-down – But is such a book easy-going? : HARDBACK
5-down – Now madam’s potty as her! : MADWOMAN
7-down – Go from the end of the bridge and cross it : EXIT
8-down – Thoughtful German issue : KIND
12-down – Fold of fat taking bottoms up, you might say? : DOUBLECHIN
13-down – A treat for which I yell out loud : ICECREAM
14-down – Germany needs a national prime minister : DISRAELI
16-down – Make strong old men be refined : EMBOLDEN
19-down – Sound of a fitful, yet brave, man : APACHE
20-down – Unlimited wildlife expedition in a distant place : AFAR
21-down – River is a river? Anything but! : ARNO
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.