This crossword No. 22698 clues and answers were published on Mon 09 Dec 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22698 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Regulation 1 about guns : ORDINANCE
10-across – Game many take to following : LOTTO
11-across – Instrument one company of Irish nationalists rejected : OCARINA
12-across – Chanted one not unfamiliar to boy : INTONED
13-across – The drug addict’s dance? : TRIP
14-across – Cease agitation to colonise part of Ireland : SETTLEDOWN
16-across – Suitable head’s physical condition : FITNESS
17-across – Claim to be a girl of great power? : AMERICA
19-across – From now on, bird will go to church by river : HENCEFORTH
22-across – Boss lost in dust storm : STUD
24-across – Defeated by yarn : WORSTED
25-across – Act out angle on swimmer : CATFISH
26-across – Harangue, giving actor a terrible part : ORATE
27-across – Filled with admiration by one point on forward play? : AWESTRUCK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Still in some danger from bottled beer? : NOTOUTOFTHEWOOD
2-down – He may not be practical in laying the notion on the table : IDEALIST
3-down – Block found in African village : ANVIL
4-down – Undoes order to slave to run off first : UNRAVELS
5-down – Survivor finds souvenir on table top : RELICT
6-down – Praised apartment to deter alteration : FLATTERED
7-down – Drink for smart circle : STINGO
8-down – First gave former workmen fish as compensation for loss of job : GOLDENHANDSHAKE
15-down – A number observed outside happening : SEVENTEEN
17-down – Objects to new recitals : ARTICLES
18-down – Puzzle of underhand plot : INTRIGUE
20-down – Ordinary girl with large head : NORMAL
21-down – Test alternative arrangement : ORDEAL
23-down – Condition made by the civil power : STATE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.