This crossword No. 2993 clues and answers were published on Sun 08 Feb 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 2993 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sports event involving a target : REGATTA
5-across – Vehicle – male in one almost boobs : MINIBUS
9-across – Hazel, fine librettist, wanting opening : FILBERT
10-across – US entertainer holding appropriate series of events : CHAPTER
11-across – Get right lolly for fabric? : SEERSUCKER
12-across – Constant concern : FIRM
14-across – Call the search off in ruined fortress : HARLECHCASTLE
16-across – Standard – hit that may remind one of 1926? : GENERALSTRIKE
20-across – Sit still, initially, enthralled by US writer : POSE
21-across – Protective device by seat felt tangled : SAFETYBELT
23-across – A group of people working in desert : ABANDON
24-across – Distress shown by drunk almost crying : TEARFUL
25-across – Attended to and not asked to pay : TREATED
26-across – Before much time has elapsed, nobleman must get over there : EARLYON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Decline to accept household rubbish : REFUSE
2-down – Very successful manual worker upset with payoff : GOLDENHANDSHAKE
3-down – Pursers, first to twig rare ruses at sea : TREASURERS
4-down – Division, a wee bit lacking in power : ARTICLE
5-down – Having belief in most of strongly masculine play : MACBETH
6-down – Latest of women to have a meal with orderly : NEAT
7-down – Slightly mad attempt mounted on fashionable Ryder Cup course : BATSINTHEBELFRY
8-down – What can make end of grass neater? : STRIMMER
13-down – Sharp? She was in this satire : VANITYFAIR
15-down – Nit cutting vegetable : EGGPLANT
17-down – Found out the French composer died : LEARNED
18-down – Article, a piece of tosh about drama : THEATRE
19-down – Nicked shawl, new : STOLEN
22-down – Hereditary, in part? Correct : EDIT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.