This crossword No. 22701 clues and answers were published on Thu 12 Dec 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22701 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Craft’s able to bridge a river : CATAMARAN
6-across – Shred of straw is paltry : WISP
10-across – It’s heads on American quarter and tails on thieves’ dog : LATIN
11-across – Spiny lobster becomes gelatinous without one : LANGOUSTE
12-across – First two swapped neckwear : BANDANA
13-across – Genuine problem for naive girl : INGENUE
14-across – To notice where chip can finish dish : TOADINTHEHOLE
17-across – Substitute for something binding in declaration : PRONOUNCEMENT
21-across – Take off a couple without it : IMITATE
22-across – Pain of my queenless country : MYALGIA
24-across – To jeer about prompting is conventional : BOURGEOIS
25-across – Still fit in less seconds : INERT
26-across – One stringing a line : TIER
27-across – Gut reaction : DYSENTERY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Single-minded? : CELIBATE
2-down – In retrospect, it answers the big one : TITAN
3-down – Thousand, plus one number, put in order for fruit : MANDARINORANGE
4-down – Trusting in later development : RELIANT
5-down – Civet cat lives and is protected : NANDINE
7-down – Elected because half were faked : INSINCERE
8-down – Like more money to pass on : PREFER
9-down – Cleaning room to sort out jumble : CONGLOMERATION
15-down – Well ground in hearing range : AMPLITUDE
16-down – Swipe your old underhand : STEALTHY
18-down – Once a pen : ONEFOLD
19-down – Literally any one in state’s downfall : NEMESIS
20-down – Place for hanging up large stake : GIBBET
23-down – Iceberg holds back diver : GREBE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.