This crossword No. 22946 clues and answers were published on Fri 26 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22946 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Help this punter put in order for game : HUNTTHESLIPPER
9-across – Specify coat that’s to be put on the door : NAMEPLATE
10-across – Indication, they say, for American line : QUEUE
11-across – Partly erroneous copy : RONEO
12-across – Getting a place below is a humiliation : ABASEMENT
13-across – Music provider lured mice mostly abroad : DULCIMER
14-across – Playwright round the North in Lancashire : BOLTON
17-across – Keep in – or, alternatively, eg cane? : ENCAGE
19-across – Observe at length the reference below : FOOTNOTE
22-across – Without exception included in a class : CATEGORIC
24-across – River bend makes a neat arc : OXBOW
25-across – Not quite typical as a constellation : NORMA
26-across – There a lab prepared an aromatic drink : HERBALTEA
27-across – Not a very nice spirit : MEPHISTOPHELES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – All give it for maximum effort : HUNDREDPERCENT
2-down – Token in name only : NOMINAL
3-down – I get point playing, going carefully : TIPTOEING
4-down – Issued the final mandate, perhaps : EMANATED
5-down – General method to get elbowroom : LEEWAY
6-down – Edible item without question causes irritation : PIQUE
7-down – It’s always estimated as extremely high : EVEREST
8-down – Held down slates, we hear, being concealed : KEPTUNDERWRAPS
15-down – I’m certainly not bone idle : OSTEOPATH
16-down – Composition on sure thing in firm : CONCERTO
18-down – Circle round terrace in French company : COTERIE
20-down – Bristol centre overlooked taking a turn going round city : ORBITAL
21-down – Pollarded trees forming curved structures : ARCHES
23-down – Plot involving good man missing line? : GRAPH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.