This crossword No. 23630 clues and answers were published on Tue 06 Dec 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23630 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Warranty timed from point of delivery : MATERNITYWARD
10-across – Compared to having given wrong information about Livingstone : LIKENED
11-across – Dutchman with misplaced pursuit of devotion? : PIETISM
12-across – Whig said to be a fool : BURKE
13-across – Veronica is OK after drug use : SPEEDWELL
14-across – Help for student, say, in college : LEGUP
16-across – Lash for a hack party official : HORSEWHIP
18-across – A 23 across nutcracker for Yuri : ASTRONAUT
19-across – Assignation in racetracks : TRYST
20-across – Gathers matter, USA style : MATURATES
23-across – Cook, as in trash : ROAST
24-across – Take note about an African capital losing head and one another : NAIROBI
25-across – Bamboozle the European drip : TRICKLE
26-across – Margaret madly involved with lad by the sea : GREATYARMOUTH
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Noah, a master of spin : ARKWRIGHT
3-down – Last salmon in the lake could get you a prize : ERNIE
4-down – Where lines meet lines between poles : NODES
5-down – S is very hush-hush : TOPSECRET
6-down – Tuesday about one I set off, which is most easy to manage : WIELDIEST
7-down – Breed little sunbeams, as they say : RAISE
8-down – Worldwide conflict – a way no good for the big problem : GLOBALWARMING
9-down – Chats of little significance : SMALLPOTATOES
15-down – Ray Hooper unfortunately gets it in the mouth : PYORRHOEA
16-down – Ill with the hay fever – hardly living thus : HEALTHILY
17-down – Theatre – or second-hand book fair? : HAYMARKET
21-down – Judge in Germany : TRIER
22-down – Instrument turns up free, though not at first : SITAR
23-down – Hot iron used to identify an animal : RHINO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.