This crossword No. 23011 clues and answers were published on Thu 11 Dec 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23011 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – See 8 : THEBOGEYMAN
9-across – Follow the ‘ounds with compassion; is that wrong? : UNTRUTH
10-across – About time some Muslim backed American pressure on Japanese : SHIATSU
11-across – She hung, she swung, ‘e went to pieces on the floor : TESSELLAE
12-across – For a noted fair sight, they say, book that dame, Diana : BRIGG
13-across – No order for unordered currency : RAND
14-across – They measure the drops in, eg, a sugar solution : RAINGAUGES
16-across – Dearth of French leaves French opera externalised in Wales : CARMARTHEN
19-across – Lowers stock of the hoi polloi : HERD
21-across – Heroine of Berlin and Vienna not very bothered : ANNIE
22-across – Speed unheard of in such waters? : UNCHARTED
24-across – Sol Campbell on the bench? Get away with you! : BACKOFF
25-across – RIP, for example, bound to recall memory : TRIGRAM
26-across – So the Germans might curse two of their 17 7s : SCHWEINHUND
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Left first and third characters from Count Dracula’s Sin, failing as a play : TITUSANDRONICUS
2-down – Could be due from old sweat : EXUDE
3-down – She drowned up river; he raised flag : OPHELIA
4-down – But did he sculpt the Beatles? : EPSTEIN
5-down – Vessel taking lettuce, they say, to and from Kos? : MAILBOAT
6-down – Didn’t speculate? Evidently, no div! Then get run out : NOTHINGVENTURED
7-down – Watch maintained by the Countryside Alliance? : HUNTER
8-down – What gives me a funny turn outside Wolfson’s concern? The loo! : FUNGUS
15-down – Choose one or the other? No! Tho’ almost behave badly : HAVEBOTH
16-down – Growling growler driver? That’s about right! : CRABBY
17-down – 8’s collar could be let out : TRUFFLE
18-down – Electron bound to arouse notice in Times? Quite the reverse : EXCITON
20-down – Old bird of Mauritius with mother in Tanzania : DODOMA
23-down – Second farewell to the Spanish ladies : ADIEU
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.