This crossword No. 22777 clues and answers were published on Thu 13 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22777 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – 9 listener gets boxing result : CAULIFLOWEREAR
9-across – I’ve become strong; I leave off being subhuman : VEGETABLE
10-across – 9 – 0 is comic : BEANO
11-across – Be king of Niger? : REIGN
12-across – 9’s relations reduce the weight of letters : ONIONSKIN
13-across – New start without torment for African pygmy : NEGRILLO
14-across – Left to last, one following the lead of General Jackson : GLENDA
17-across – Boat to be a tug? : LUGGER
19-across – Magician wins experts by love : PROSPERO
22-across – Siren used by locum at locks? : TEMPTRESS
24-across – Negotiate for pleasure : TREAT
25-across – Striking effect of powder reversed after taking drug : ECLAT
26-across – 9s with part of the Cretaceous : GREENSAND
27-across – In which rows are used to doctor sick partner on line : DRILLHUSBANDRY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Writing to explain one who wants to keep a curl of hair : COVERINGLETTER
2-down – Pig and gnu falling out about nothing are in the ascendant : UPGOING
3-down – Concentrated on home numbers -that’s about 5 : INTENSIVE
4-down – Pine to throw money : LOBLOLLY
5-down – The King and I kept by little bird on hill : WREKIN
6-down – Round bird? : ROBIN
7-down – North American, I’m sorry to say, turning up more than half undressed : ALASKAN
8-down – Bloody rude aunt exposed, but not directly : ROUNDABOUTEDLY
15-down – One girl heard with another in Roman province : LUSITANIA
16-down – Capital 9 : BRUSSELS
18-down – A good thriller writer is one who takes risks : GAMBLER
20-down – 26’s colour and time would hold me : EMERALD
21-down – Margin at which delayed things happen : LENGTH
23-down – All volunteers replace one in work : TOTAL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.