This crossword No. 22672 clues and answers were published on Fri 08 Nov 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22672 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Home is where it’s used to restore the gap : HATPEG
5-across – Weakness turned centrist into God : DEBILITY
9-across – Weeps at politicians’s tale of woe : SOBSTORY
10-across – Vassal and monarch drool : SLAVER
11-across – Batches of fraudsters receiving omen on the way back : CONSIGNMENTS
13-across – The lady’s a goddess : HERA
14-across – Laughter that is hearty – extravagantly so? : HYSTERIA
17-across – Model messenger flanking attendant : COURTIER
18-across – Count in Germany on a lot of hard work : GRAF
20-across – Rescind imprimatur from southern Balti dishes : DISESTABLISH
23-across – Support church with lance : PIERCE
24-across – Point to broadsheet’s identity : EQUALITY
25-across – It’s said sea fish comes first in Wales : ANGLESEY
26-across – Medicine: it gets sent back with good reason : TISANE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Previously lightweight with a look of wonder : AGOG
3-down – Encourage moderate transport for the young : PUSHCHAIR
4-down – Bring down, crushed : GROUND
5-down – Chuck Berry hit – Bog Lady? It’s a rip-off! : DAYLIGHTROBBERY
6-down – Firm logarithmic ratios in public transport : BUSINESS
7-down – Let energy fields come first : LEASE
8-down – Histrionic articles hearing about head case : THEATRICAL
12-down – Luddite response to march – the cat’s eaten it : DEMOLITION
15-down – Hothead with two sets of legs on which to tread lightly : EGGSHELLS
16-down – Highway inducing nervous disorder in the beloved : MISTRESS
19-down – Dance tune with variations after third note : MINUET
21-down – Sign up in forlorn endeavour to get picked up : ENROL
22-down – Astound – without a do : STUN
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.