This crossword No. 22747 clues and answers were published on Thu 06 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22747 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Approbation certainly isn’t 24 down : WELLDONE
9-across – 23 continually around one : ONION
10-across – Particle categorically stopping short of nitrogen? : ATOM
11-across – Ruth and Sophia composed the origin of their work? : AUTHORSHIP
12-across – Greek poetess has curiously written about proxy love : SAPPHO
14-across – 23? See you at Sausageland! : CUCUMBER
15-across – 23’s about kernel-less nut : CHICORY
17-across – Early piece of advertising to avoid : PRELUDE
20-across – Cleaner figure halved for ease, it’s said, good to enter : SQUEEGEE
22-across – 23 – 0.2g picked up : CARROT
23-across – Possible clue for waffle? : RABBITFOOD
24-across – Womaniser’s tool : RAKE
25-across – Point, mid-south or north : THORN
26-across – 23 sounds best way : BEETROOT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Eruption, earth tremors and particles of lava : HEATRASH
2-down – Criticise achievement at cards : SLAM
3-down – 23 inside of a robot? : TOMATO
4-down – 23 for Grant? Cut up a quarter : LETTUCE
5-down – Banger and second 22 across mashed : MOTORCAR
6-down – Girl I’d brought up, dreadful liar, is different : DISSIMILAR
7-down – 23 Paul’s postmortem? : ENDIVE
13-down – American case of policeman turned lunatic : POCKETBOOK
16-down – 23 : RIGATONI
18-down – Rotten book on Dr Turner : DOORKNOB
19-down – Defence for revolutionary, nothing but revolutionary : REDOUBT
21-down – Reportedly measures gemstone : QUARTZ
22-down – Old man, fish and short man standing : CODGER
24-down – Bottom? Then second to bottom’s exceptional : RARE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.