This crossword No. 2974 clues and answers were published on Sun 28 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 2974 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Give support to king in Lancs town : BACKUP
4-across – Novel singer : TOMJONES
9-across – Disorganised or organised party attending mass? : RANDOM
10-across – Old-fashioned lecturer died : PASSEDON
12-across – Pageant in sight : SPECTACLE
13-across – Most of wine cracked open by company making for racecourse : ASCOT
14-across – What may obscure this meadow grass in Harrogate, say? : YORKSHIREFOG
18-across – Portable cooking equipment for troops – chef linked with it, possibly : FIELDKITCHEN
21-across – One runs in front of girl in stadium : ARENA
22-across – Veronica in race, fit : SPEEDWELL
24-across – Fashionable suit? Extremely : INSPADES
25-across – Bar or car? : SALOON
26-across – Unusual having left in choke : STRANGLE
27-across – Dictator in gondola crossing rough sea : CAESAR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – US inventor associated with frozen food plant : BIRDSEYE
2-down – Bishop, surrounded by staff, arrives over in capital : CANBERRA
3-down – Submarine about, at sea : UBOAT
5-down – Steady with broken ankle, one going round flat : ONANEVENKEEL
6-down – Almost fair, a boxing match? : JUSTABOUT
7-down – Revolutionary party based in French resort? It’s out of the question : NODICE
8-down – Sound sense, for example, written about fool : SANITY
11-down – She, in embrace of a cold fish, shows weakness : ACHILLESHEEL
15-down – A textile worker might tell a complicated story? : SPINAYARN
16-down – Stanhope damaged other carriages : PHAETONS
17-down – Witty remark about English on passenger ship : ONELINER
19-down – Is concerned about one with tooth decay : CARIES
20-down – Heard bloke, a spouter : GEYSER
23-down – Row about one with a girl : DIANA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.