This crossword No. 22782 clues and answers were published on Wed 19 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22782 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Cuckoo brew’s regaled songster : SEDGEWARBLER
8-across – Nice lake drained for rude fellow : PEASANT
9-across – False alarm for one eastern city in America : LARAMIE
11-across – Water supplier, demanding almost a pound, starts to fill empty reservoirs : AQUIFER
12-across – School is counting every second of Xmas breaks : SCHISMS
13-across – Pukka girl’s identification : VALID
14-across – Movement made by an old poet not quite in love : ANDANTINO
16-across – Unusual display of zeal by son – an idle one : LAZYBONES
19-across – Outgoing mail, I assume : POSIT
21-across – Creatures in a horror film: dogs laying siege to central bank : MUTANTS
23-across – Backward Maid of Orleans the French honour : ENNOBLE
24-across – Carving of antlers or of breastbone : STERNAL
25-across – Little woman’s a rebel in school : ACADEMY
26-across – Key displayed by advocate for Houdini, say : ESCAPOLOGIST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Worm pulled up to be devoured by mammal or bird : SEAGULL
2-down – Awkward ward given gruel, perhaps, and made to look small : DWARFED
3-down – Go on stage with Tina Turner to receive guests : ENTERTAIN
4-down – Jumble sale, including spot marker for vehicle parts : AXLES
5-down – A load of old junk he burnt : BURTHEN
6-down – A tree is beginning to topple – one on a volcano : ELMISTI
7-down – State papers bound to be very revealing? : SPEAKVOLUMES
10-down – Wild one, say, with a double you that’s good to look at : EASYONTHEEYE
15-down – Speed trick Radio 1 dropped? Bravo! : DESPERADO
17-down – Instruments seen in the centre of Teheran covered with spots : ZITHERS
18-down – Dickens gets to embrace girl – a stroke of luck! : BONANZA
19-down – After wordplay, poke one’s tongue? : PUNJABI
20-down – National topic : SUBJECT
22-down – Discharge Vietnamese leader in Laos settlement : SALVO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.