This crossword No. 22912 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22912 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – PC Skinner : PEELER
4-across – Something said about Antony? : REMARK
9-across – Show fond regard for the opposite sex : OGLE
10-across – Straightforward reason why fountain pen needs a refill? : POINTBLANK
11-across – Non-bowler put in to bowl : BATTER
12-across – Global degree of freedom : LATITUDE
13-across – Those chosen travelled with the conductor : ELECTRODE
15-across – Heavy piece of wood, though it could be light : BEAM
16-across – Fight a spell of illness : BOUT
17-across – Taking away Sherlock Holmes’s secret of success : DEDUCTION
21-across – Insisted order is order : TIDINESS
22-across – Neutral gear : UNISEX
24-across – Help one man in trouble? That’s fantastic! : PHENOMENAL
25-across – Money taken at gunpoint? : GATE
26-across – Possibly seated and quite composed : SEDATE
27-across – Recollect nasty times in grammatical structure : SYNTAX
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Ill-mannered person with dog in queue : PIGTAIL
2-down – Construct perpendicular : ERECT
3-down – Ruler and a sheet of paper required : EMPEROR
5-down – Housing development willingly left : ESTATE
6-down – Share in a growing concern : ALLOTMENT
7-down – State engineer’s middle name : KINGDOM
8-down – Muckspreading may be a remedial application : FIELDDRESSING
14-down – Given a warning about education : CAUTIONED
16-down – Spoils the opening of Blackpool Illuminations : BLIGHTS
18-down – American friend takes a turn more often than not : USUALLY
19-down – Fleece to wear out : OVERTAX
20-down – Let pass : PERMIT
23-down – Mint bar? : INGOT
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.