This crossword No. 22979 clues and answers were published on Tue 04 Nov 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22979 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Authorised new driver to get nasty : LAWFUL
5-across – A quiet farm with house for Peggy : ASHCROFT
9-across – Framework of iron case rebuilt : SCENARIO
10-across – Can hug getting out of bed : LOCKUP
11-across – Be upright with legs apart, or mess about with darts instead : STANDASTRIDE
13-across – Pop concert: one was played by Leslie Caron : GIGI
14-across – Fellow sailor says Blair wants his tea stirred round : SHIPMATE
17-across – Governor puts messy oil rag in front of church : OLIGARCH
18-across – Negative put next to green light in cubbyhole : NOOK
20-across – A simple herb I fancy to be perennial : IMPERISHABLE
23-across – It’s plain: a road follower must turn round : TUNDRA
24-across – Paid attention and fibbed about a machine gun : LISTENED
25-across – Net kept in loch for accessibility : NEARNESS
26-across – Senility makes chief magistrate display thanks : DOTAGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Mischievous when the month starts late : ARCH
3-down – Stopping: not out to prolong outdoor hobby : FINISHING
4-down – A trail churned up by a horse catcher : LARIAT
5-down – Cooked hash set all solid – must be long-standing : ASOLDASTHEHILLS
6-down – Undergarment conceals, to a certain extent, a boob : HALFSLIP
7-down – One who get moving with King-Ace-King : RACER
8-down – Came across a can containing nothing in the bottom : FOUNDATION
12-down – Small rodent to stop and think about a hole : FIELDMOUSE
15-down – Talk affectedly at me first about the fruit mixture : MINCEMEAT
16-down – Angry about gear found in water : IRRIGATE
19-down – Molested us in a bunk : ABUSED
21-down – Fruit tree for community leader : ELDER
22-down – Composer to ask about Rattle’s introduction : BERG
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.