This crossword No. 22603 clues and answers were published on Tue 20 Aug 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22603 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Could I fib with Ofgas? No d___ problem! I’m an imposter! : BOGUS
4-across – See 1 : OFFICIAL
8-across – Do understand! I’m not Unthorn! : DONTGETMEWRONG
10-across – One supports G&S with second return of nest eggs : SAVOYARD
11-across – Zoroastrian from average diocese : PARSEE
12-across – Prevail on Dark Lady, would you say? : OVERWHELM
15-across – One’s cheerfully drunk when in drink : TOAST
17-across – Royal Mistress heard in The Ring : KNELL
18-across – Can secure insecure dissent : RECUSANCE
19-across – Jack Frost’s child? : NIPPER
21-across – Sackable lapses of a Crimean bounder? : BLACKSEA
24-across – Illegal goal: one, perhaps, that is converted by Italian prodigy : GALILEOGALILEI
25-across – Rural retreat caught by its awful rage : AGRESTIC
26-across – Clues like this, I see, leave one hollow : CRYPT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Warning! Half of my shares go into her personal cover : BODYSTOCKING
2-down – Compete in Lac Leman, on dit, with that 1904 Darracq : GENEVIEVE
3-down – Spiritless horse full of beans? Singularly, quite the reverse! : SOGGY
4-down – Are wet otherwise, donning our gear : OUTERWEAR
5-down – Force that it following land one had to fight for : FIEF
6-down – Author with stake in church bibles : CERVANTES
7-down – Grey’s name in The Times : AGNES
9-down – Congressional adviser, as this expert might be : SEXTHERAPIST
13-down – Wine lover becoming a wild glutton : WOLVERINE
14-down – Mouldy attempt to rise in my 22 : MYCOLOGIC
16-down – ‘ang about! Attack the target! : AUNTSALLY
20-down – Lodger ran into collision : PRANG
22-down – Tobacco licensing giving one the gripes : COLIC
23-down – Interfered with the roofer : FELT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.