This crossword No. 22992 clues and answers were published on Wed 19 Nov 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22992 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Guarantee securing a boy for a limited period : SEASONAL
5-across – Model put on a slipper, displaying charm : AMULET
9-across – Store of Latin gathered in by outdoor worker : GARDENER
10-across – Onset of pain in the kidneys set back marksman : SNIPER
11-across – Artists apply to less than saintly monk : RASPUTIN
12-across – The slag has manners, officer admitted on reflection : SCORIA
14-across – Emperor Pan devised special appellation : PROPERNAME
18-across – Waving too much, having secured a promontory : UNDULATORY
22-across – Sponge for dessert sent back with sigh of relief : LOOFAH
23-across – Labourer covering a Test drops note of support for bowler? : HATSTAND
24-across – Dodgy, squire : RISQUE
25-across – Rupture received in the same place in Ireland : HIBERNIA
26-across – Look at bird : GANDER
27-across – Strike second-best attendant : STOPPAGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Brought up American lad to be sentimental : SUGARY
2-down – Topless Antipodeans going to Thailand make Greek tense : AORIST
3-down – Dishevelled blouse bears the mark of the printer : OBELUS
4-down – America’s finest take gold – a change for the better : AMELIORATE
6-down – Cosmetic treatment for hyperactive waterway : MANICURE
7-down – Clear up mess left by wild party : LUPERCAL
8-down – Seem likely to be devoured after god drops round : THREATEN
13-down – Revolutionary BNP member from Bath concealing Tory origin? : SPARTACIST
15-down – Pond-dweller’s edict finds king in no condition for driving : BULLFROG
16-down – A decadent poet admits verse by churchman’s right : ADVOWSON
17-down – Response to accusation certain to give delight : PLEASURE
19-down – Euphemistically dead fish gobbled up by snake : ASLEEP
20-down – A country raised to conceal name of fictional realm : NARNIA
21-down – Imagine being fed to the fish! : IDEATE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.