This crossword No. 22729 clues and answers were published on Thu 16 Jan 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22729 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Missing articles – llamas confused with lamas – I’ve got plenty of tricks : SMALLSLAM
6-across – Deity some see as a tyrant : SATYR
9-across – Expressive books that needn’t be read : SPEAKINGVOLUMES
10-across – 27 17 exposed to drink : AIRE
11-across – Drink time : SUPERADD
14-across – Part of a 17, say, a beast of a weed : DANDELION
15-across – 17 on high ground : CAIRN
16-across – Lana Turner’s head turned at birth : NATAL
18-across – Say about Tracey being embraced by tinker, it appears : SEEMINGLY
20-across – African currency comes in a little bit casually : ATRANDOM
21-across – See 10 : DALE
25-across – I’m at college: little work is required relative to how it’s done : EPISTEMOLOGICAL
26-across – Father’s new hooter : SIREN
27-across – 17 to shirk problem in former days : YORKSHIRE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Russian girl is ashamed to part : SASHA
2-down – Vitamin B for Bevan : ANEURIN
3-down – 17 has left Kipling’s grey wolf and doesn’t start : LAKE
4-down – See 3 : LAND
5-down – Roman venue arranged for me darlin’ : MAVOURNEEN
6-down – For crossing palm with olive in Senior Common Room? : SILVERCOIN
7-down – Boy’s terror curtailed by drums : TIMPANI
8-down – Top job topped – it’s a hospital job : RESIDENCY
12-down – 17 part of garden where heather’s not raised : BEDLINGTON
13-down – M for a holiday? : FIRSTOFMAY
14-down – Wear for station abroad among the sandhills : DUNGAREES
17-down – Row about slip up in the inventory : TERRIER
19-down – Roman brothers get fat keeping up numbered chariot : GRACCHI
22-down – Little girl of the Spanish romance : ELLIE
23-down – Group one can’t make out : BLUR
24-down – Sure things : EGGS
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.