This crossword No. 22847 clues and answers were published on Tue 03 Jun 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22847 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – See 11 : ANOTHERCOUNTRY
8-across – R1-O2, BT’s version of R2-D2? : ROBOT
9-across – As Pooter, Cratchit and Heep relish KC’s blunder : CLERKISH
11-across – The words 23 needed when accused in huntin’ his totty at random … : BUTTHAT
12-across – … by moral degeneracy we observed in a Deptford stabbing victim : MARLOWE
13-across – See 11 : SIDES
15-across – Hibernation protracted huntsman’s return : LONGSLEEP
17-across – New poet spilling half preprandial drink with his tablet : NOTEPAPER
20-across – See 11 : WASIN
21-across – Rod Stewart’s first idea jolly! : SIDEARM
23-across – Born Arab, like 12’s Jew from Valletta? : BARABAS
25-across – Free music! Which publishers cut-price Charles Ives overtures? : CAPRICCI
26-across – See 11 : ANDBE
27-across – See 11 : THEWENCHISDEAD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Barn, I guess, is deployed for farmers’ market : AGRIBUSINESS
2-down – Beat or scrap : ORBIT
3-down – Knots increasing as one ties the knot : HITCHESUP
4-down – Dead right I see to invade retrospective performance : RECITAL
5-down – Have too many hands on the isle? : OVERMAN
6-down – Sail free from Alistair Campbell’s pursuit? One’s beaten! : NAKER
7-down – They make good pictures : RESTORERS
10-down – Block booking cancelled? So stay cool! : KEEPONESHEAD
14-down – Perform poem in that dreadful silence! : DOTODEATH
16-down – Scavengers to slip through waste’s disposal : SEWERRATS
18-down – Training note: Preserve emergency rations! : PEMICAN
19-down – Refuse to criticise : RUBBISH
22-down – Unknowingly, Longfellow lost this quarrel : ARROW
24-down – Hector has no right to the insignia : BADGE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.