This crossword No. 22944 clues and answers were published on Wed 24 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22944 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Shallow versifying in Measure for Measure? : POETICJUSTICE
10-across – Phil, some say, a royal playing for Liverpool : ORCHESTRA
11-across – Rut cut in from left : LETCH
12-across – Broad, conclusively representative art retrospective : TRAMP
13-across – With no trace of Les Miserables, singularly leading in the British charts : ODOURLESS
14-across – Miserable Les; no German holds with backing this composer : NIELSEN
16-across – Last Stuart detailed first victim; Ms Lee? : ANNABEL
18-across – French horn’s theme in Berlioz’s overture : CORSAIR
20-across – Non-Reithian reference to his fiefdom? : THEBEEB
21-across – Authoritarian, dehumanising and oppressive: like Blair? : ORWELLIAN
23-across – Who’s the would-be geisha around here? All right! I am! : MAIKO
24-across – Holy Island welcoming one Greek outpost : IONIA
25-across – Love at first sight sought on this appointment? : BLINDDATE
26-across – Topping gag inducing low, glum, sour ‘Ha!’ : GALLOWSHUMOUR
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Eye on a car, perhaps? When do you get your Christmas bonus? : ONCEAYEAR
3-down – Time and money absorbed with Queen’s fool : TWERP
4-down – Picasso’s model? On the contrary, theirs … : CITROEN
5-down – Beautiful! An ovation surrounds the Bolshoi’s finest! : ULANOVA
6-down – Two articles from Anatole France: no French play here! : TOLERANCE
7-down – On which, quietly speak of pretty girl : CUTIE
8-down – Oo! One fruit cake cooked, not a biscuit! : FORTUNECOOKIE
9-down – Wow! The libel’s fabricated! Right, who blabbed? : WHISTLEBLOWER
15-down – Hill’s thorn-bound 7am delivery service? : SNAILMAIL
17-down – Without ceremony, brother, I’ve returned Old Trafford’s shorts! : BREVIMANU
19-down – Trout knocked off by Lawrence? : RAINBOW
20-down – Hot nudist refreshed with a funnel : TUNDISH
22-down – Fish so called with a new lawyer in New York : WANDA
23-down – Impulsive transmitter of verse between masses : MODEM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.