This crossword No. 23624 clues and answers were published on Tue 29 Nov 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23624 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Cost-effective small company with external source of income : ECONOMIC
9-across – Lout getting tipsy on port : TOULON
10-across – Place for second prize : SPOT
11-across – A song that flows : OLMANRIVER
12-across – What removes stains from a table, a chair etc? : BLEACH
14-across – Learning about waterfall in part of France : LORRAINE
15-across – Science behind bars? : OPTICS
17-across – Year entered in register for old player : LYRIST
20-across – Family joining extremely genial audience for play : KINGLEAR
22-across – Victoria and Albert, say, keeping silent about employment : MUSEUM
23-across – Can opener isn’t mislaid after a root around in drawer : CARTOONIST
24-across – Christian beginning to pray in bed : COPT
25-across – Sweetheart, hugged by chap, capitulated : GAVEIN
26-across – Feelings expressed by poet in Midwest : EMOTIONS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Resort in which one of Juliet’s kin abandoned alien commander : ACAPULCO
2-down – Upper-class twit – one of many? : UNIT
3-down – Plausible minister’s first introduction to old-fashioned truth : SMOOTH
4-down – Can poet follow small fish? : STINGRAY
5-down – Notable people from whom one runs a mile? : LUMINARIES
6-down – Grave for only man with a shed : SOLEMN
8-down – Empty lorries arrived first – they’re used for transport : CAMELS
13-down – Buff form for great hotel : ALTOGETHER
16-down – Material that’s carved oddly put on weight : CRETONNE
18-down – Unusually big battery : THUMPING
19-down – Cook gets black jack up : BRAISE
21-down – At home? Not at home, from one point of view : INAWAY
22-down – Dog’s taken aboard for food : MUTTON
24-down – Marked man in America initially? : CAIN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.