This crossword No. 22760 clues and answers were published on Fri 21 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22760 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Thus dramatic ending, given bathroom feature amid saucy sin, turning to see Psycho! : SOCIOPATH
6-across – Wimp relieved himself? : WEED
10-across – Hero’s back, wise and brave : OSAGE
11-across – Part-timers like a TV broadcast that’s descriptive of 16 : TALKATIVE
12-across – Matches unstable tip in shafts of wood : CUPTIES
13-across – Swashbuckler finds 6 behind bed, topless : IVANHOE
14-across – Famous Brazilian goes round the county carrying fat South American plant : ELEPHANTGRASS
17-across – Novel : CASHDISPENSER
21-across – French city or town Austrian leader captured : ORLEANS
22-across – Masterstroke, a mighty blow; then permit the answer so! : COUPLET
24-across – Backing provided to pickpocket during bloody swift military action : RAPIDFIRE
25-across – Uniform has to come clean : LEVEL
26-across – Hemingway’s artist : EMIN
27-across – King retired in wrong residence, without study, one works out : EXERCISER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Singer of Very Hot Day : SCORCHER
2-down – Reportedly 26 not very good, a pain : CRAMP
3-down – Rolling Stones thing and their regular performances of Satisfaction? : ONENIGHTSTANDS
4-down – Craftsman’s prejudiced when penniless : ARTISAN
5-down – German woman almost consumes leg portion : HELPING
7-down – Yes! His revolting seed entered the pineal gland : EPIPHYSIS
8-down – Hamburgers avoided by this German man? : DIETER
9-down – Third World country incapable, with urban sprawl : BANANAREPUBLIC
15-down – Examples of antipodean growth in European Union state: awful pity : EUCALYPTI
16-down – Blethering person finds Lib-Dem policy by Labour PM not quite right : PRATTLER
18-down – Undeterred by river, gently rain collected : DESPITE
19-down – Bury on southeast island : SECRETE
20-down – Iconic American, sadly no more … : MONROE
23-down – … however, Elvis ____! : LIVES
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.