This crossword No. 23016 clues and answers were published on Wed 17 Dec 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23016 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Part of the catch suffered cut : HADDOCK
5-across – Sanitising agents for scouring passages : CENSORS
10-across – Perhaps sandal or shoe accessory : TREE
11-across – It’s put on when the shadow is lifted : AFTERSHAVE
12-across – Universities working in agreement : UNISON
13-across – One could be ready for Nemesis : RECKONER
14-across – Girl, Lily, drunk in a familiar bar : AMARYLLIS
16-across – Biblical name for Eliot’s heartless mariner : SILAS
17-across – Jumbo’s dangerous when at it : LARGE
19-across – A good boy devoured the whole lot : AGGREGATE
23-across – Station at Vichy looks cut off : WATERLOO
24-across – Caine Mutiny originally flickered here : CINEMA
26-across – Free connection could bring you into such discussion : CONFERENCE
27-across – A couple in the news? : ITEM
28-across – Second bid to seal off quarantine : ISOLATE
29-across – Looks like tension initially in muscles : ASPECTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – LETS, perhaps, be intimate in the morning : ACRONYM
3-down – Put flags on battered red ship : DRESS
4-down – … or 5 on the remote waterway : CHANNEL
6-down – When Richards was batting, he showed grace : ENRICH
7-down – Student choosing otherwise would still have it : SCHOOLING
8-down – Troubled, I arrive here for a seaside holiday : RIVIERA
9-down – The first words of the novel Train Spotting : STARTINGPOINT
15-down – Mournful note – Greek playing flute : REGRETFUL
18-down – Lady-killers? : AMAZONS
20-down – A game for dodgers? : RACKETS
21-down – English politician in trial uproar : TEMPEST
22-down – Poet with little time for wine : CLARET
25-down – Green French water welling up : NAIVE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.