This crossword No. 23045 clues and answers were published on Thu 22 Jan 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23045 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Action in a struggle with tobacco : NICOTIANA
10-across – Original Englishman’s club is L-shaped : ANGLE
11-across – Piece of garden space, not near church, to stage shenanigans : BEDROOM
12-across – Poet and actor are like in dances : HOPKINS
13-across – Bump up the racket? : RAMP
14-across – Anticyclones grant opportunity for football club : ACCRINGTON
16-across – See 14 : STANLEY
17-across – See 19 : SURGEON
19-across – Change around, alien to Ireland : VETERINARY
22-across – See 10 : IRON
24-across – Report of joints at hide-out in London : NEASDEN
25-across – Horse for battery? : CHARGER
26-across – Course of Spenser’s 20 : SWEET
27-across – Bird, no chicken, entering award with the others : GOLDCREST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – With doubly posh fellow other virtues point to modesty : UNOBTRUSIVENESS
2-down – A rebel’s elevated goal, the world of learning : ACADEMIA
3-down – Was candidate to be put in the ground? : STOOD
4-down – Refusal to include pollarded tree in mock sea battle : NAUMACHY
5-down – Plump for Mercury without funny hat, the old perpetual roller : FATHER
6-down – Woodwork at the fish gate : CARPENTRY
7-down – A spirit favouring the young : AGEIST
8-down – Deserter, first following through : PERSONANONGRATA
15-down – Fry it with oil and delete rococo quality : FLORIDITY
17-down – With discipline sometimes for the birds : STRICTLY
18-down – Work up during morning tea? : EARLGREY
20-down – See 5 : THAMES
21-down – Salad Days, say, soon coming up : NONAGE
23-down – See 11 : FARCE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.