This crossword No. 22868 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 Jun 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22868 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Successor to Randall, almost courteous: an internationalist type : COSMOPOLITAN
8-across – Essential oil adding nothing to speed in vehicle : CAMPHOR
9-across – Officer of the crown, if seen in fresh rig : SHERIFF
11-across – Actress needing a friend to trust : PALTROW
12-across – A Bill Gates’ badly downloaded programme and they could get into hot water : TEABAGS
13-across – Contents of treasure-trove belonging to a bygone age : RETRO
14-across – Yard held individual with a drug : METHADONE
16-across – Spooner’s activity of many prior to marriage : DALLIANCE
19-across – Downbeat mood of Gateshead weaver? : GLOOM
21-across – Fight that’s feared by shepherds : SCRAPIE
23-across – Desperate character in Pentonville cut short by hanging : PENDANT
24-across – Heath’s relative sorted 21 : EPACRIS
25-across – Dutch given to drink – that’s fishy : ALEWIFE
26-across – Visual challenge of Spooner’s naval battle : FAILINGSIGHT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Beast of burden returning to a legendary settlement : CAMELOT
2-down – A little learning with zero activity or movement : SCHERZO
3-down – She needs no provocation to get involved in a row : OARSWOMAN
4-down – Where shooting is likely to start : ONSET
5-down – Former general taking heart from fruit and flower arrangement … : IKEBANA
6-down – … stirring a subordinate to get fruit order cancelled : AGITATO
7-down – Where we make a show of disrespect to the French? : SCEPTREDISLE
10-down – One with whom the social services take issue : FOSTERMOTHER
15-down – They work in Spanish and Latin production : THESPIANS
17-down – Household god can turn up at a Mediterranean resort : LARNACA
18-down – Like Caesar without a hazard : IMPERIL
19-down – Mother’s ruin’s part of 7, which is said to be curative : GINSENG
20-down – His son ain’t about to be conceived : ONANIST
22-down – All’s said to be wrong with the Spanish : ELSIN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.