This crossword No. 23050 clues and answers were published on Wed 28 Jan 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23050 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sculptor trying Job’s patience : JACOBEPSTEIN
8-across – Dummies scoff at good times : MOCKUPS
9-across – Contract bridge player’s ploy : SQUEEZE
11-across – Noodles one provided with game or cheese : SAPSAGO
12-across – Salesman is not to put on new coat : REPAINT
13-across – Craftiness that is ____ I rate as misrepresentation : ARTIE
14-across – Votes about further education? About Desperate Dan! : REFERENDA
16-across – Opium-eater you would back to bear fruit : DEQUINCEY
19-across – Viz gives advice on how to use a trailer : TOWIT
21-across – Unearth little jumper that’s quite French : ROOTOUT
23-across – Craftsman less inclined to work after midnight : GLAZIER
24-across – Villains crazy about article by Lawrence : BADHATS
25-across – Italian city in a different country : ROMANIA
26-across – They claim pal is suffering with stress : EMPHATICALLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Luck of the draw for man on grass? : JACKPOT
2-down – Military expedition caused havoc with capture of Richard I : CRUSADE
3-down – See one store in unfinished block : BISHOPRIC
4-down – Model problem : POSER
5-down – Shaking the rump makes rabbit animated : THUMPER
6-down – Ireland’s first chief of police in Russia joins Pole from part of southern Europe : IBERIAN
7-down – Such robbery from handbags mars outing : SMASHANDGRAB
10-down – Appliance for one who likes old farm vehicles? : EXTRACTORFAN
15-down – Nice cop, perhaps, impounding unknown substance derived from seaweed or fungus : FLYAGARIC
17-down – Former question by university don agitated and upset graduate : QUONDAM
18-down – Line marked on chart revealed his boat at sea : ISOBATH
19-down – Transport Gibson in hamper : TRAMMEL
20-down – Holiday money spent abroad is raised in Houston : WHITNEY
22-down – Try to get up about five to see telly : TVSET
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.