This crossword No. 22956 clues and answers were published on Wed 08 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22956 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – An integral part of the house : PLAYGOER
9-across – Older woman hanging over girl’s back : DUENNA
10-across – Old number Elvis called Old Sea Dog : VIKING
11-across – Brought together, indifferent about being delayed : COLLATED
12-across – Back at university someone’s emptied the kitty : PUSS
13-across – Deprive of three claws and despatch quickly without thanks : EXPEDITATE
15-across – Letter lost, allowed to fall on the ground : TERRAIN
16-across – Emphatically accepting choice when provided with a list of subjects : INDEXED
18-across – Settling down with advance team, getting directions to capture castle, initially : SUBSIDENCE
19-across – Swarm seen in retrospect as seemly : TEEM
20-across – Pear lies rotten by fruit tree : ESPALIER
22-across – Ignoring the alternatives, whirls Dolly with exuberance : WILDLY
23-across – Steer straight : DIRECT
24-across – First member of union forcing open rebellion : UPRISING
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A garland : ALEISUREPURSUIT
2-down – Smiley’s pleader a suspect? I’m not at liberty to say : MYLIPSARESEALED
3-down – Language bound to cause difficulty in speaking : TONGUETIED
4-down – A principle to be discerned in group receptions : PRECEPT
5-down – One will be good enough for Liberal’s image : IDOL
6-down – Go to dinner, say, clutching book – one’s first experience of split up : DEPARTMENTALISE
7-down – Little squirt preventing us getting a bite : INSECTREPELLANT
14-down – An asinine performance? : DONKEYWORK
17-down – Pouring out for us exclusively : INGROUP
21-down – Ten volunteers is not much : IOTA
This crossword has in total 24 where 14 are across and 10 are down.