This crossword No. 22853 clues and answers were published on Tue 10 Jun 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22853 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Not abridged, containing nothing hot or vulgar : UNCOUTH
5-across – Leave the country, making note sound discordant : MIGRATE
9-across – Relieved student in credit notes bloom : GLADIOLUS
10-across – See 14 : EARTH
11-across – Wanting life to be exact : DEAD
12-across – Firm, injurious, losing 1-0 to champion of 4 : COPERNICUS
14-across – Tolkien setting the converse of 4? : MIDDLE
15-across – Look determined in Lewis’s cupboards : CLOSETS
16-across – Revolt in Hell? Blast! : DISGUST
18-across – When to indicate or appoint : ASSIGN
20-across – Revolutionary racket is interrupting gift-bearer : SANDINISTA
21-across – Almost crumble in fire : FLAK
24-across – Letter of thanks appended to article : THETA
25-across – Compiler’s taking little time to recover by foul means : IMMORALLY
26-across – Employ model that’s wrong – his didn’t involve 4 : PTOLEMY
27-across – Fishermen’s labour organisation? : NETWORK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Encouraged – lost canoe, but still encouraged! : URGED
2-down – Interlinked cap and hat with which I made bread : CHAPATI
3-down – An integral component of munitions : UNIT
4-down – Man turned fuel to money and island state to metropolis at 12’s suggestion : HELIOCENTRICITY
5-down – Paper about flower and ship by island expert : MASTERCRAFTSMAN
6-down – Naive sort of music with potentially catastrophic effect : GREENHOUSE
7-down – Gold staple pinning plate to ear : AURICLE
8-down – Oriental pushes off to ancient city : EPHESUS
13-down – Referee may notice Hardy hero embracing Italy fan : ADJUDICATE
16-down – Silly sod kept publishing : DESKTOP
17-down – Headless horseman disturbed the resort : SANREMO
19-down – One prisoner raised sign to champion of 4 : GALILEO
22-down – Canoe unaffected by capsizing : KAYAK
23-down – Feature of fingerboard causes worry : FRET
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.