This crossword No. 22949 clues and answers were published on Tue 30 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22949 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Punitive action to restrict duke is what egalitarians want : REDISTRIBUTION
8-across – Alluring, full of Eastern sparkle : GLEAM
9-across – Salt mixed in a gelatin : ALGINATE
11-across – Doctor’s pronouncement – take time off for a bit : MODICUM
12-across – Gordon? Crooked, but keeping clear of all charges : BENNETT
13-across – Does prohibition-buster have the ability to provide a conduit for trade? : CANAL
15-across – Adherent’s mainstay – one set of holy books : PROPONENT
17-across – Old fossils, who caused trouble to the Israelites? : AMMONITES
20-across – America backing old tribe in Africa : SUDAN
21-across – Gross charlatan taking in Europe’s foremost financier : GRESHAM
23-across – Run away from salons seen to be terrible : PARLOUS
25-across – Looking like a star with stuff in show? The opposite : STELLATE
26-across – One desiring solitude – magnificent but ultimately twisted : GRETA
27-across – Undo the side nut somehow to get at the side : SOUTHENDUNITED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – National upheaval as a recipe for creating emigre? : REGIMECHANGE
2-down – Horror brought by low grade – extra study required : DREAD
3-down – Stop one half of an internal passage? : SEMICOLON
4-down – One may find a way through this book : ROADMAP
5-down – Harmful creature given a shout of disapproval – object of fear : BUGABOO
6-down – TV critic who shocked many – and not all fusty nannies : TYNAN
7-down – Getting better? No, the opposite, when it comes to those people facing death : ONTHEMEND
10-down – Instant deals negotiated somewhere in New York : STATENISLAND
14-down – Deputy union man faces endless distress : NUMBERTWO
16-down – Hormone can make one get so randy, initially : OESTROGEN
18-down – Dish bringing torment to little fellow : TIMBALE
19-down – Fool in part of trench nearest enemy : SAPHEAD
22-down – Most religious? Not one English composer : HOLST
24-down – Go, start off, with green clearly observable : OVERT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.