This crossword No. 2973 clues and answers were published on Sun 21 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 2973 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Girl runs across friend from her old school : ALMAMATER
6-across – Organised tour involves heading for rural market town : TRURO
9-across – Book set aside : RESERVE
10-across – Awful moaners, rowing types : OARSMEN
11-across – Coral reef in the form of a ring : ATOLL
12-across – One may produce a rattling sound trapped on Scottish island : SNAREDRUM
13-across – What the Daily Mail might say if asked to drop their Fred Basset strip? : THERESLIFEIN
17-across – See 13 : THEOLDDOGYET
20-across – Drives to club and does weight training : PUMPSIRON
22-across – Clue must be broadcast, it’s said : SCENT
23-across – A secretary may have one, and poet possibly : NOTEPAD
24-across – Ace follows six : VIADUCT
25-across – Novelist’s name in bold : HARDY
26-across – Speaks about a young son and daughter in musical : SALADDAYS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A general overseas : ABROAD
2-down – Married a Glaswegian with charm? : MASCOT
3-down – Excited him, holy proposal promoting ethics : MORALPHILOSOPHY
4-down – Much-valued stamp kept in safe? Just the opposite : TREASURED
5-down – Wine jar I smashed containing drop of Orvieto : RIOJA
6-down – One inside league ground in Pennysylvania : THREEMILEISLAND
7-down – For the better off at college bazaar? : UPMARKET
8-down – Decorative object, star, badly torn at edges : ORNAMENT
14-down – Roman-fleuve from French writer involved love : SAGANOVEL
15-down – If absolutely necessary, one has to draw off a small measure : ATAPINCH
16-down – US lorry driver mad at meters : TEAMSTER
18-down – Craze – One involving the Spanish and caviar : BELUGA
19-down – Briefly express US standing : STATUS
21-down – Travels free over El Salvador : RIDES
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.