This crossword No. 22938 clues and answers were published on Wed 17 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22938 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Girl beaten, but by no means confounded : UNABASHED
10-across – Not seldom met with in soft endearments : OFTEN
11-across – Tone down a paint : TEMPERA
12-across – Dream of clergyman on lake : REVERIE
13-across – Contended for backing of French four : VIED
14-across – Direction taken by front vessel? : LEADERSHIP
15-across – Having more relish, trite as it may seem : TASTIER
17-across – Bird which fawns? : CREEPER
19-across – Leave soldiers to start division in France : DEPARTMENT
22-across – See the French one on low marsh ground : VLEI
23-across – He is notoriously hard on former player : EXACTOR
24-across – Secret container in a strange setting : ARCANUM
26-across – Fix again part of state servant’s retirement : RESET
27-across – Instrument to measure study in Hertfordshire : HARPENDEN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Precious stone for refined girl? : CULTIVATEDPEARL
2-down – Inoffensive weapon left in Nazi leader’s possession : HARMLESS
3-down – Watery pigment? : LAKE
4-down – Bird finding warmth in river : WHEATEAR
5-down – Worshipped by a party radical : ADORED
6-down – The opposite of talk : CONVERSE
7-down – Formality of leading performer at church : STARCH
8-down – Might Pinter later mean to become an MP? : ENTERPARLIAMENT
16-down – Provoke girl to take part in strange rite : IRRITATE
17-down – One in a hundred may be a weed : CENTAURY
18-down – Retraction by friend in poem : PALINODE
20-down – Reconstruction of Paris with energy wins commendation : PRAISE
21-down – Market expression for a girl : MARTHA
25-down – Boasted to the ship’s company : CREW
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.