This crossword No. 23620 clues and answers were published on Thu 24 Nov 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23620 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – People on drug, which is backed : RACEHORSE
10-across – Board involved in European agreements? : OUIJA
11-across – Store taken over, perhaps needing some investment : SAFEWAY
12-across – Side roads taken in reverse after car fails to start : ARSENAL
13-across – Sound of setter suddenly flaring up? : WOOF
14-across – Spoon mixes in all cod amid awful smell : BILLANDCOO
16-across – Gerald Ford initially upset with the standard of socialism : REDFLAG
17-across – Church hides almost entire collection of birds’ eggs : CAVIARE
19-across – Offensive urchin retreats when drunken sailor in pursuit : STREETARAB
22-across – Irish sauce? : MAYO
24-across – Slow to mop up river in toilet : LATRINE
25-across – Restaurant where youngster’s after some baked beans, possibly : CANTEEN
26-across – Some odds never to back? : EVENS
27-across – Pronouncement about servicemen’s command : DIRECTION
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – When turned over, slowing of engine keeps potential killer under a hundred or rising, you revealed : CROSSWORDSOLVER
2-down – Criminals were quick to climb this, but not to descend from it : SCAFFOLD
3-down – Medieval instrument in Wham’s Fantastic : SHAWN
4-down – Fish good with two others : GRAYLING
5-down – Particular dock? : DETAIL
6-down – Climber given unknown wine to drink when climbing, gulping oxygen : POISONIVY
7-down – Reportedly, open prison for dining out : PICNIC
8-down – I am inferior to noble, end of catchy song : EARLYONEMORNING
15-down – Elderly preparation from spray of nebuliser : BLUERINSE
17-down – Opportunist youth’s heading for court : CHANCERY
18-down – A rat leading its relatives the last first, it’s learned : ACADEMIC
20-down – Very much sooner : RATHER
21-down – Discussion of sex is beneath a programme : AGENDA
23-down – Irish rap? : KNOCK
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.