This crossword No. 23664 clues and answers were published on Mon 16 Jan 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23664 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Join with a colleague : ASSOCIATE
6-across – Makes me eager to find ducks : SMEE
10-across – Tea’s fashionable in this group : CHAIN
11-across – Sailor boy in waterproof hat : TARPAULIN
12-across – Put down iron again : REPRESS
13-across – Fruit is found in the monsoon season : RAISINS
14-across – Go to smart spot for romantic rendezvous : TRYSTINGPLACE
17-across – Talk of shutting up the last address? : CLOSINGSPEECH
21-across – Catches parents out : ENTRAPS
22-across – Keep away when one’s love has departed : ISOLATE
24-across – Grief expressed at condition : COMPLAINT
25-across – Something wrong when the Queen has nothing in the car : ERROR
26-across – Finished at 500 to 1 : DONE
27-across – Looks at tutor, which causes physical discomfort : EYESTRAIN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – ‘Before Christ’ for a Roman clergyman, to be exact : ACCURATE
2-down – Cutting point on instrument : SHARP
3-down – Colleague attending assembly in the customary manner : CONVENTIONALLY
4-down – Rising artist isn’t a bad craftsman : ARTISAN
5-down – Listener let fall a pendant : EARDROP
7-down – Quiet journalist taken in by girl, one with exceptional legs : MILLIPEDE
8-down – This fellow sounds serious : ERNEST
9-down – Investment scheme appears a splendid idea : CAPITALPROJECT
15-down – Recalling many chats with a sailor : YACHTSMAN
16-down – Lady’s record race, taking place over the mountainside? : SHEEPRUN
18-down – Encourage one to breathe in : INSPIRE
19-down – Note Lister’s damaged cartilage : GRISTLE
20-down – Was evasive, having received hot property : FENCED
23-down – Large vessel used up in The Mouse That Roared : AORTA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.