This crossword No. 23644 clues and answers were published on Thu 22 Dec 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23644 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Old musical players making comeback in effect : OPERATIVE
10-across – South African martyr hugs liberal sergeant on TV : BILKO
11-across – Muslim ascetic having a weekend in tree : FAKIR
12-across – Pole thus imprisoned by proper sort of tyrant : OPPRESSOR
13-across – Oxford and Cambridge differ about rest : VARSITY
14-across – 22 down one 19 down, we hear? But that’s out of bounds : ILLEGAL
17-across – Rover never barking : NOMAD
19-across – Run past in discussion : BYE
20-across – Thespian finally acquainted with material : NINON
21-across – Hundred resident in shoe – shame! : SCANDAL
22-across – Interjection from Scotsman tucking into cheese roll : BRIOCHE
24-across – Drive softly into tree in front of sovereign : WILLPOWER
26-across – Target in 1 club, spirits kept up to achieve 22 down : GREEN
28-across – 22 down by river and lake : OUSEL
29-across – Existing quality in a vessel at sea : ALIVENESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Game to sell up : GOLF
2-down – See 26 : PECKER
3-down – Just one introduced to smallholding, certainly not English : FAIRMINDED
4-down – Sinful trade, penny-pinching if 19 down : SIMONY
5-down – Wave painted with minimum of ebb, suggesting this? : NEAPTIDE
6-down – Fit relation, if 19 down : ABLE
7-down – Whip good amid pleasure as photographer’s aid : FLASHGUN
8-down – Appear menacing in reception room, if 19 down : LOUR
13-down – Goddess taking new arrivals, if 19 down : VENUS
15-down – Thrashing tail of salmon tangled in angler’s equipment : LANDINGNET
16-down – Weapon, as one might say, if 19 down : LANCE
18-down – Vegetarian’s order is terribly late in canteen : MEATLESS
19-down – Tungsten absorbed by cut in stomach making sick … : BELOWPAR
22-down – … as a parrot, perhaps : BIRDIE
23-down – Quick constable’s first to join force : CLEVER
24-down – See 26 : WOOD
25-down – Tear skin : PELT
27-down – 22 down’s place reliable, though no house : NEST
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.