This crossword No. 23000 clues and answers were published on Fri 28 Nov 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23000 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Plant at awkward angle with part of fork : EGLANTINE
10-across – Place for bingo : HOUSE
11-across – Bush dense here, stupid : THICKET
12-across – Little flower with dull centre held by pin : RIVULET
13-across – Laugh at Archimedes’ fourth eureka : HAHA
14-across – Undesirable result of constitutional breakdown in the end? : FLATULENCE
16-across – About to become bachelors, blow it! : BASSOON
17-across – Pacific character of a drug, amphetamine, being reversed : DEEPSEA
19-across – This compiler’s game, which is not virtuous? : IMPATIENCE
22-across – Two thirds weak reversed to get brawn : BEEF
24-across – March sunny? Not entirely – diabolical : DEMONIC
25-across – See 15 : HOTSPUR
26-across – Lady Diana manipulated? : NADIA
27-across – To arrange willy-nilly, which Mandelson and Ayling did, is accepted : RANDOMISE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 2 : LEFTTHEBUILDING
2-down – It’s all over in Nashville: deft hit G.I. Blues – All Shook Up! : ELVISHAS
3-down – Japanese drink, about a quarter, making one legless : SNAKE
4-down – Two events in one for cycle, sites of 2004 and 1948 Olympics half-completed : BIATHLON
5-down – Worry about the Queen’s nose : FERRET
6-down – Brave soldier shunned amid shout of encouragement for knight : CHEVALIER
7-down – Rising duck problem becomes material : MUSLIN
8-down – Country landowner making life arrangement, but married, not I! : GENTLEMANFARMER
15-down – At Portsmouth, then another team : TOTTENHAM
17-down – All of the pack and then some seaman : DECKHAND
18-down – Ticks off after this run-through? : SHEEPDIP
20-down – Author eating nutty, smelly stuff : POMADE
21-down – Sounds like a company car : ESCORT
23-down – Paddy finds last of beer in bar : STROP
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.