This crossword No. 22921 clues and answers were published on Thu 28 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22921 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Hide in the grass, having got stronger : RECOVERED
6-across – Graduate backstage gets bread roll : BAGEL
9-across – Sweet spice with perfect taste : PEPPERMINTCREAM
10-across – Children’s author had turned left : DAHL
11-across – Force hemp to be unravelled by a half-sister : EMPHASIS
14-across – When one appears in person, it’s slander : ASPERSION
15-across – Russian girl in North America at daybreak : NADYA
16-across – Sinatra label covered Expression of Joy : TRALA
18-across – At home, mater treated foot problem : HAMMERTOE
20-across – Bright foreign editor : POLISHED
21-across – Native South American partly incapacitated : INCA
25-across – Improperly ask Athens singer, one involved in deception : SNAKEINTHEGRASS
26-across – Insect caught short – it’s in the corner : INSET
27-across – Manager’s sharp, which is an initial advantage : HEADSTART
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Swift passer-by starting to interrupt robbery : RAPID
2-down – Catches party where there are police : COPSHOP
3-down – Judge’s attitude : VIEW
4-down – Womaniser loses love in Italy : ROME
5-down – Do as you please! I need no baby-sitter! : DONTMINDME
6-down – Bribe former worker with hesitation : BACKHANDER
7-down – Covered with fat when consumed by gluttony : GREASED
8-down – Had sample moulded for translucent cover : LAMPSHADE
12-down – Indecent film exposed in the Guardian, for example : BROADSHEET
13-down – Of course this is the last hole : EIGHTEENTH
14-down – Hors d’oeuvres make Anita spit : ANTIPASTI
17-down – A k-king’s attentive : ALLEARS
19-down – Blast makes insect hide in bracken : TANTARA
22-down – Help hound hiding its head : ASSET
23-down – Doctor, one that stops a horse : WHOA
24-down – Personalities, for example, getting very large : EGOS
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.