This crossword No. 22784 clues and answers were published on Fri 21 Mar 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22784 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – They fly, like songstresses! : AIRWOMEN
9-across – Love song composed at Rome : AMORET
10-across – Key to the London dogs’ home : ISLE
11-across – By chance, a maverick on the staff : ACCIDENTAL
12-across – It’s put on by a better singer : TREBLE
14-across – Clipped, dishevelled, aged bird : ABRIDGED
15-across – Cage bird : PRISON
17-across – A newscast leading to royal response : ANSWER
20-across – American chap sidles out like a ghost : BODILESS
22-across – Breaker of wild brutes : BUSTER
23-across – Minerva’s original idea? : BRAINCHILD
24-across – Old English district sounds wet : SOKE
25-across – They inhibit British lechers : BRAKES
26-across – Kinsman is no upright descendant : GRANDSON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Camels made use of this dry skin : AIRSTRIP
2-down – Precious clip from Lost Weekend : TWEE
3-down – I’m perched on white stick : IMPALE
4-down – Official kind of collar : MANDARIN
5-down – At Houston they usually lead to nothing : COUNTDOWNS
6-down – Watch out for gathering conflict within : BEWARE
8-down – On Olympus, drink etc ran freely : NECTAR
13-down – Barriers put about one Scottish town where the sheriffs’ men operate : BAILIWICKS
16-down – Extra actors under a cloud! : OVERCAST
18-down – After struggling free, bird makes secure place in the sails : REEFKNOT
19-down – Popping the question royally? : ASKING
21-down – A model with heavenly moving parts : ORRERY
22-down – Rioting blamed for uproar : BEDLAM
24-down – It could be the Left dies out : SIDE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.