This crossword No. 23021 clues and answers were published on Tue 23 Dec 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23021 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Priest and curate outed, leading to schism : FRACTURE
9-across – Term for Clinton without Lewinsky to begin with : HILARY
10-across – Old painter’s abridged reflection : AGED
11-across – Big blow that enabled Joshua to cross the Jordan? : PILEDRIVER
12-across – English apt to brew with it : TEAPOT
14-across – A bit on the floor with a couple of girls : TESSELLA
15-across – Invective of one caught in traffic : TIRADE
17-across – Conflict was about capital : WARSAW
20-across – Latin and French, these novels : ROMANCES
22-across – Afghan ordered to shut up : PUSHTU
23-across – Rose gets hairdo in a state : FLORIBUNDA
24-across – State of bewilderment said to last a while : DAYS
25-across – Whitehall begins to take a stand – such words are misleading : WEASEL
26-across – Teaches to see about accepting old money : EDUCATES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A bit about Steptoe and Son in the paper : FRAGMENT
2-down – Drug used in medication? On the contrary : ACID
3-down – Though not great writing, it gets published here : PULPIT
4-down – Untidy hairdos emanating originally from old colony : RHODESIA
5-down – Old sect, first appearing important through glasses : ALBIGENSES
6-down – River or spring : ORWELL
8-down – Old tool – hole could be made with it : EOLITH
13-down – Hairdos with some style – but understatedly cool : PERMAFROST
16-down – Monotreme with nothing on account : DUCKBILL
18-down – Power to depend on rising, so he rose : WATTYLER
19-down – Interest in making a name in American establishment : USANCE
21-down – No lime squash found on a rig : OILMEN
22-down – Spin fever in the capital : PRAGUE
24-down – Part of Shrove Tuesday taken up with a tot : DRAM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.