This crossword No. 22901 clues and answers were published on Tue 05 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22901 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Not 26’s normal rate : STANDARDFARE
8-across – African city, converting oxygen to energy, turned Portuguese, say : IBERIAN
9-across – Showing effects of a bumpy bus ride? : BRUISED
11-across – Garden implement takes type of beetle prisoner : HOSTAGE
12-across – 4 within hearing? It’s not important : TRIVIAL
13-across – Bottle opener very cunningly concealed : NERVE
14-across – Monica’s in trouble and she won’t get off lightly : INSOMNIAC
16-across – Paralysis when model replaces learner in 8 province : CATATONIA
19-across – Revolutionary holding up half a fish : TROUT
21-across – First pilgrims to Bethlehem included sort of poet : IMAGIST
23-across – Make use of the quality of diamonds – without diamonds : HARNESS
24-across – Bent PC helps to discover haul : SCHLEPP
25-across – People with something in common take notice of dyke : TRIBADE
26-across – Euch! Is Auntie cooking fancy food? : HAUTECUISINE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Poet and writer aboard the Queen Elizabeth : SPENSER
2-down – Bird 20 to cause a stir? : ANIMATE
3-down – Died unknown, having eaten 10’s weed : DANDELION
4-down – Sailor catches another up in the capital : RABAT
5-down – Artistic movement’s waveband receives gold 6s : FAUVISM
6-down – Composer-violinist’s treatment captivates southern Italy : ROSSINI
7-down – Worker in the Treasury, formerly, has joints of 1 across : FISHANDCHIPS
10-down – Not 1 across : DELICATESSEN
15-down – Atheist, given parental guidance, provided 1 across in Rome : SPAGHETTI
17-down – Yearning to penetrate paintings put up by the airway : TRACHEA
18-down – Weapon used to get free basic accommodation outside : TRIDENT
19-down – Line ends with note about lots of fur : TERMINI
20-down – Had more than enough of being forthright about a drug : OVERATE
22-down – Subject to snap? : TOPIC
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.