This crossword No. 22843 clues and answers were published on Thu 29 May 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22843 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Texan should remember to remove ends from sausage with love : ALAMO
10-across – This is asking for trouble … Who I use to iron : HOUSEWIFE
11-across – Spend more scattering a bit of flower seed : ENDOSPERM
12-across – Opposites preserving time for 8 : LAGER
13-across – Note writer, one will take risks : GAMBLER
15-across – Leader of guides and peaceful girl turning a hundred in a class of their own : GENERIC
17-across – Some theorem appears to transform a function once more : REMAP
18-across – Encourage – say good : EGG
20-across – Go back to amateur operator writing system of old : OGHAM
22-across – Round the bend a river ebbing, seeking stones on the way : MACADAM
25-across – 31 of second insult incomplete : SAFFRON
26-across – Mendicant service revolves around religion : FRIAR
27-across – Yet what’s said to reflect art is art! : STILLLIFE
30-across – Poor state of Alabama in hell hit badly : ILLHEALTH
31-across – Jelly topped with drug brings excitement : SPICE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 31 club : MACE
2-down – 31 for king, perhaps, taking a little time to mature, initially : CARDAMOM
3-down – My editor’s a stud! : BOSS
4-down – Stretcher made of sandalwood? : SHOETREE
5-down – 31 girl with fan on top : NUTMEG
6-down – Unfashionable Duke caught by aristocrat, given reprimand : TELLINGOFF
7-down – 31 girl … : GINGER
8-down – possibly with it to wear the crown? : BEER
13-down – 31 bringing torment turning up in the morning, sadly in the morning brought up : GARAM
14-down – I said pearl should be reset – by us? : LAPIDARIES
16-down – 31 to enter, if mispronounced? : CUMIN
19-down – In the beginning, God provided a minor form of illumination : GASLIGHT
21-down – Rich, or if poor, frightful : HORRIFIC
23-down – 31 not what it’s supposed to be, they say : CHILLI
24-down – See 13 : MASALA
26-down – Just for entertainment : FAIR
28-down – Record of composer heard : LIST
29-down – Description of number, but not the first? : EVEN
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.