This crossword No. 23003 clues and answers were published on Tue 02 Dec 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23003 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Tasteless lines fabricated in this : STAINLESSSTEEL
8-across – Support expert capturing cheat : ADOPT
9-across – Publicist arranged more port : PROMOTER
11-across – Recluse formerly without issue : EREMITE
12-across – Contrive to hide shrew in pigeonhole : FINAGLE
13-across – Foreign money keeps children in paint : OCHRE
15-across – Semite in the desert is attached to oriental dance : SARABANDE
17-across – Game girl meets Ian dancing in romantic place : RURITANIA
20-across – Accomplished tenor appearing in public : OVERT
21-across – The highest ambition of woman remains : EVEREST
23-across – Dodgy American parking in camp : SUSPECT
25-across – A state of panic dogs Spike : TAILSPIN
26-across – Drink keeps soldier alert : AGILE
27-across – King manipulated heart-felt rage about Germany : ALFREDTHEGREAT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Ray the lodger’s a sportsman : SKATEBOARDER
2-down – Appease a tenor : ATONE
3-down – Three people tucking into fruit for sustenance : NUTRIMENT
4-down – Train for show : EXPRESS
5-down – One ridicules small chest : SCOFFER
6-down – Old character is a nuisance : THORN
7-down – Development in Greece men vandalised : EMERGENCE
10-down – Soldier takes time touring chap’s plant in London : REGENTSTREET
14-down – Weed or plant during bad weather : HORSETAIL
16-down – Succeed with jargon term for tree creeper? : BOOMSLANG
18-down – Father has well-known case of writer’s block : NOTEPAD
19-down – Ban this fermented drink : ABSINTH
22-down – Grease monkey said to be a mathematician : EULER
24-down – Quarrel over English aristocracy : ELITE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.