This crossword No. 22751 clues and answers were published on Tue 11 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22751 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Key player, we hear : CONCERTPIANIST
9-across – Stream in university to produce a painter? : UTRILLO
10-across – A swell leader of panache in the American press : UPSURGE
11-across – Mark 2 : TWAIN
12-across – Tom has these lines tangled with vine : NINELIVES
13-across – A row when going for century in break shows keenness : READINESS
14-across – Model Phyl’s a slim lady : SYLPH
15-across – Cut out first letter in language : ERASE
17-across – MEP? Use him to spread an inoffensive word : EUPHEMISM
20-across – Desert one? It’s a big blow : SANDSTORM
22-across – Bears seen in a nameless Devon town : TOTES
23-across – A group of assistants to express regret about European money : RETINUE
24-across – River – a river once more flowing back : NIAGARA
25-across – Writers, they say, are in agreement : CORRESPONDENCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bar with standard action to oppose danger : COUNTERMEASURE
2-down – State of bliss recalled in revised version’s reminiscences : NIRVANA
3-down – Fragrant plant, though possibly inelegant : EGLANTINE
4-down – Beat easily, being right weight after initial training : TROUNCE
5-down – They’re not, in fact, spineless about using AA : IGUANAS
6-down – Extraterritorial travellers left behind a sort of sound : NASAL
7-down – Shrink jeans, returning within a short time : SHRIVEL
8-down – Understands what the addressee eventually does : GETSTHEMESSAGE
14-down – Hard work by company is kept under one’s hat : SWEATBAND
16-down – Bright colour, not a tan for a change : ANNATTO
17-down – Do they wear going away clothes? : ELOPERS
18-down – Plant me in top ground : PIMENTO
19-down – Being arranged like a communication cord : INTRAIN
21-down – Singer loses head to a second Spanish gentleman : SENOR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.