This crossword No. 22850 clues and answers were published on Fri 06 Jun 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22850 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – 6’s turn – turn bee into silk : QUEBEC
6-across – With last part of 1 11? : CANADA
9-across – Confession of a gadabout and globetrotter? : DAGAMA
10-across – Old nun wed fan shock in 6 : NEWFOUND
11-across – See 10 : LAND
12-across – 6’s, not 25, one including 9 : NOVASCOTIA
13-across – Make leaderless Navy obey rule, if you don’t mind : BYYOURLEAVE
18-across – Watch revolver obtained from another : SECONDHAND
21-across – Part of word given by orphan? : ROLE
22-across – 6’s torn off during dinner? : MONTREAL
23-across – 6’s Wessex is 11 : PRINCE
24-across – See 23 : EDWARD
25-across – See 23 : ISLAND
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Study of arms hardly embracing the Queen? Hardly : HERALDRY
2-down – Get back small change from the Queen in 6 : REGAIN
3-down – To devastate is, sadly, always part of the test : LAYWASTE
4-down – Worm eaten plate in Veronese’s name : PALOLO
5-down – Distant object as wrong as right : QUASAR
7-down – First loose broadcaster? : AUNTIE
8-down – A winter in France going topless? A joke everywhere : UNIVERSALLY
14-down – Ladies of a certain age adore LSD trips : OLDDEARS
15-down – Revised criticism with calf binding is standing up : VERTICAL
16-down – Ask a person to leave : BEGONE
17-down – Quiet piece of cloth in tartan : PLACID
19-down – A power circuit, perhaps, raised in 6 : OTTAWA
20-down – Put down flower without concession arising : DEPOSE
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.