This crossword No. 23034 clues and answers were published on Fri 09 Jan 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23034 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Superlatively fine art suffering : SMARTEST
5-across – Burns doesn’t do any work on book : BLAZES
9-across – Singular health centre surrounded by singular grass : SQUEALER
10-across – Remarkable Scots look round or square : UNCOOL
12-across – Soviet leader in coat no longer politically correct in Belarus : MINSK
13-across – Tough, shrewd and practical hands rode range : HARDNOSED
14-across – There’s parliament – there’s no substitute : THEREALTHING
18-across – Talk for a change about empty apartment : CONVERSATION
21-across – A strange device is better than one with nothing right : EXCELSIOR
23-across – Antelope discovered by Maori biologist : ORIBI
24-across – Hard worker – one familiar with long-term investment? : TROJAN
25-across – Pacifier to go on trial : DUMMYRUN
26-across – Action not premeditated by arbitrator going to law : REFLEX
27-across – Slough keeps articles enclosed : SHEATHED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Heads of Shell and Esso accompany identical oil producer : SESAME
2-down – A smoker in Arbroath turned in by graduates : ALUMNI
3-down – Shortcake mix on athlete’s foot? : TRACKSHOE
4-down – Shippers heed order for food : SHEPHERDSPIE
6-down – Redhead has number left over : LENIN
7-down – From America to Australia, revolutionary modern technology producing garb of the 1940s : ZOOTSUIT
8-down – Logo said to represent herbaceous plant : SOLIDAGO
11-down – Significant development as holiday finished : BREAKTHROUGH
15-down – To love, seek the love of one who’s qualified for business in Queensland : TOOWOOMBA
16-down – Bird, in a manner of speaking, joining other ranks : ACCENTOR
17-down – Nick has to stop work : KNOCKOFF
19-down – One man in a boat looking up old address : SIRRAH
20-down – Was an offender heard in a province of Pakistan? : SINNED
22-down – Don’t touch and go : LEAVE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.