This crossword No. 22836 clues and answers were published on Wed 21 May 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22836 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Pig entertains lieutenant on a ship : OILTANKER
10-across – Spare time right during cutback : EXTRA
11-across – See 23 : SHILTON
12-across – Fizzy drink with pork and apple, perhaps, as drug source : POPPIES
13-across – See 21 : NOSE
14-across – Cut centre page out : PERCENTAGE
16-across – As a substitute, one sent off before promotion : INSTEAD
17-across – Training brought back in call for sporting event : SHOTPUT
19-across – Nature’s big, bad engine : GASTURBINE
22-across – ‘en party’s pronounced language : URDU
24-across – Singer, one spotted holding note : DOMINGO
25-across – Menace should carry ecstasy then : THEREAT
26-across – School detention for cocaine abuse? : LINES
27-across – Criminal skirting round prayer, beheaded : DESPERADO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – For whom indulgent acts no problem! : CONSENTINGADULT
2-down – I spell wrong is a grammatical omission : ELLIPSIS
3-down – Refuse the middle, say : WASTE
4-down – White boy finds nearest man in blue : SKINHEAD
5-down – Cancer, for instance, is right in issue : TROPIC
6-down – Missing excuse, hiding nothing, no fuss, so America to step down when dismantled? : WEAPONSOF
7-down – A ploughman sounded a menace once : ATTILA
8-down – See 6 : MASSDESTRUCTION
15-down – Once more fit out on vessel during search : REFURNISH
17-down – Some people sit in a sauna upside down to get clean : SANITISE
18-down – Pizza topping doubly average having eaten seconds : PARMESAN
20-down – Paul’s in the record business – It’s a Sin : SIMONY
21-down – Flower that’s been laid into red bouquet : BLOODY
23-down – Keeper of hotel safes, formerly : PETER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.