This crossword No. 22721 clues and answers were published on Tue 07 Jan 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22721 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Game played in Animal Farm? : PIGINTHEMIDDLE
8-across – Post Office missed out of guide to Bury : INTER
9-across – Confused dame in a right pickle : MARINADE
11-across – Aunt with one unusual car cover : TONNEAU
12-across – If you’re in yours, it’s bliss! : ELEMENT
13-across – Some probe literature for old manuscript marks : OBELI
15-across – Drop off wrong goose pelt : GOTOSLEEP
17-across – Confuse old boy’s pet, caught by explosive device : OBFUSCATE
20-across – Stick and stay in the middle : BATON
21-across – Greek character’s explicit description of weapon : NUCLEAR
23-across – As a matter of fact, possibly hurt following international : INTRUTH
25-across – Man, we hear, in the round – an islander : FILIPINO
26-across – Leaving the state of the ground : GOING
27-across – Condition to be met by a space traveller : WEIGHTLESSNESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Steeplechase jockey in t-top option : POINTTOPOINT
2-down – Board to make progress : GETON
3-down – Manage to come up with set places for the youngsters : NURSERIES
4-down – Doctor wearing rough-woven headgear : HOMBURG
5-down – Ornament getting additional endless damage : MORDENT
6-down – Thick wooded valley around the point : DENSE
7-down – Porter’s room intended, say, for deposit of monies : LODGEMENT
10-down – Hurry up tramp with the fuel : STEPONTHEGAS
14-down – Telling the result I have : EFFECTIVE
16-down – Deliberately destroys footwear over a long period : SABOTAGES
18-down – One is taken up in this rescue operation : AIRLIFT
19-down – Editor initially poised, perhaps, for an incident : EPISODE
22-down – Looking, for example, round a basic principle of Chinese philosophy : EYING
24-down – Join in the fun? I tend to! : UNITE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.