This crossword No. 22831 clues and answers were published on Thu 15 May 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22831 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Drink and drink, missing a round – pass one : COCACOLA
9-across – Intrude force in go-slow? : TRUDGE
10-across – Weirdo gives horse to king : GEEK
11-across – Knuckle down to working one’s ____ to the ____ : FINGERBONE
12-across – Guardian articles a model among a lot of newspapers? : FOURTH
14-across – Don’t let one drink to the foregoing : SUPPRESS
15-across – The first 45 minutes slightly burns the pictures in a residential area : HOUSING
17-across – Liberal use of writing? : BRAILLE
20-across – Road on Riviera or in southwest England, as they say? : CORNICHE
22-across – See 2 : ENGINE
23-across – Stairs – outside stairs – as removed and destroyed at dawn : FIRSTLIGHT
24-across – After 24 down, the 12 means freedom : JULY
25-across – Terrible tease at first part of 3 concerned with 15 : ESTATE
26-across – Sugary affair heard to come back after being booed? : MERINGUE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Aria from bird of peace – like this number? : DOVESONO
2-down – Thomas Ken put in fruit without hesitation : TANK
3-down – Clown turning up on a high with a scrubber : LOOFAH
4-down – Listener’s home, the grave? : EARNEST
5-down – A term pet used to adapt old style : ATTEMPER
6-down – Truancy where being 4 was important for the interment of a small cake : BUNBURYING
7-down – See 25 : AGENTS
13-down – One with a great future? Rats! : RISINGSTAR
16-down – Mr Bean, raised outside prison, provides 22across 15s : NACELLES
18-down – Lion and mule entangled on the floor : LINOLEUM
19-down – Ice for a short time in Italy : BERGAMO
21-down – Not necessary to expose 10 toes : OTIOSE
22-down – Milk from the next or the next but one house : EXTORT
24-down – I keep a French month : JUNE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.