This crossword No. 22826 clues and answers were published on Fri 09 May 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22826 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Small game hunter certain to trap like Adam’s son : BASSETHOUND
9-across – Humiliate Heather in game : BOWLING
10-across – Force Georgia to be accepted by new partner : BRIGADE
11-across – Mean social worker is a supervisor : INTENDANT
12-across – Risk losing head or spleen : ANGER
13-across – Allowance for waste is wrongly treated : TRET
14-across – Length of interval in the middle : CENTIMETRE
16-across – Wild Australian orgy : SATURNALIA
19-across – Bill swallows note in the thick of it : AMID
21-across – Endlessly make up with husband – a yob : ROUGH
22-across – Insensible jazz fan needs a shot in the arm : CATATONIC
24-across – Slag gets drawstrings for bloomers : PANTIES
25-across – People briefly granted money for camphor : MENTHOL
26-across – Discovers lapse in hazard warning : RUMBLESTRIP
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Law officer bends birch, say, on smuggler. About time! : BOWSTREETRUNNER
2-down – Shoot Communist leader in Israel : SCION
3-down – Avenger failing to impress : ENGRAVE
4-down – A short time in, for example, Derby’s environment : HABITAT
5-down – Accidentally ruins map when protesting furiously : UPINARMS
6-down – Checker on liner shows artistic ability : DRAUGHTSMANSHIP
7-down – Died first protecting old player : OBOIST
8-down – Picks up eastern vehicle : HEARSE
15-down – Charisma, sadly, is a thing of the past : ARCHAISM
16-down – Band outing in Kent : STRIPE
17-down – Tory delved into casual treatment of complaint : ACCUSAL
18-down – Geographical feature is like this round Maidenhead : ISTHMUS
20-down – It’s manageable when wrongly coiled : DOCILE
23-down – Catch up on alternative trend : TENOR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.