This crossword No. 22984 clues and answers were published on Mon 10 Nov 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22984 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Copper on trial is composed in dock : CURTAIL
5-across – Sphere of vision : EYEBALL
10-across – A small credit note on which little can be raised : ACRE
11-across – A stage partnership? : WELLSFARGO
12-across – Person who stoops to alcoholic excess? : BENDER
13-across – Abuse found in rapid dispensing of drugs : PHARMACY
14-across – Decoding any signal that’s broadcast : ANALYSING
16-across – Song initially sung in indication of victory : PSALM
17-across – Female behaviour – the lowdown : FACTS
19-across – Brick carrier : STRETCHER
23-across – Mentally ill – needs a change of routine before cure starts : NEUROTIC
24-across – Ask for money to clean up : SPONGE
26-across – Silly rhymes, whether one likes it or not : WILLYNILLY
27-across – Shadows on the log hearth : DOGS
28-across – Song that once charmed Ulysses : CALYPSO
29-across – Speech might indicate where one lives : ADDRESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Pawnbroker takes article that’s dirty : UNCLEAN
3-down – Mind about mid-afternoon drift : TREND
4-down – Where patients are treated internally : INWARDS
6-down – Perhaps men say he’s a sycophant : YESMAN
7-down – As played at the Policeman’s Ball? : BEATMUSIC
8-down – It follows US soldier into the pub : LOGICAL
9-down – Friends were uplifted with delight by this saucy play : SLAPANDTICKLE
15-down – Eleventh hour revival from the side : LATERALLY
18-down – A married woman in the country : AMERICA
20-down – Tried and tested : ESSAYED
21-down – Binds books : ENGAGES
22-down – Notes a mistake and makes amends : ATONES
25-down – The sequence of command : ORDER
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.