This crossword No. 23632 clues and answers were published on Thu 08 Dec 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23632 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Subordinate entertains at home as a way of drawing attention : UNDERLINING
9-across – Frightful to conceal duck when going to America : HIDEOUS
10-across – Three quarters go after tough firms : HARDENS
11-across – Blimey, Vicar, we’ve got a fixer here! : CORRECTOR
12-across – Uptight at half score for the Home Counties : TENSE
13-across – Transported by the said smell : SENT
14-across – City in which thin man got lost : NOTTINGHAM
16-across – Tatty tinsel, hard to free from enchantment : DISENTHRAL
19-across – Murdoch may be a knight on retirement : IRIS
21-across – Take a rest from fish : PERCH
22-across – Sunday critic’s review starts: One appearing in Pinafore is due for the melting pot : SCRAPIRON
24-across – Got up after something to drink for growth : TEAROSE
25-across – Make harmful cutback with old instrument : POLLUTE
26-across – To buzz girl at the river is characteristic of people : HUMANNATURE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Where to keep one’s voice down? : UNDERONESBREATH
2-down – When order is reversed to produce a low hum : DRONE
3-down – A so-called German teacher comes up with an Italian dish : RISOTTO
4-down – Take over from a stylish woman with oomph : INHERIT
5-down – Irish king, sort of titan – pesky thing! : IRRITANT
6-down – Recreates hunger when drunk after a good meal? : GREENCHARTREUSE
7-down – Shells expressing disappointment : SHUCKS
8-down – Joins up with enthusiasm at first – and respect : ESTEEM
15-down – Larva found some distance west on the Golden Mile : INCHWORM
16-down – Having a record in tax, becomes second-in-command : DEPUTY
17-down – Eh? Ben’s a confused old-timer : HASBEEN
18-down – Utterances ascribed to Jesus by silver artist, perhaps, without hesitation or afterthought : AGRAPHA
20-down – Sweden still wobbling at the end of the day : SUNSET
23-down – For starters, people invited loved Agatha’s unusual food : PILAU
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.