This crossword No. 21782 clues and answers were published on Fri 31 Dec 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21782 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A hit in the financial district, or a disaster : CALAMITY
5-across – Take a double role in part of play : ACTTWO
9-across – Constantly varying complaint by badly cut worker : FLUCTUANT
11-across – For high-rise accommodation look around the Royal Institution : EYRIE
12-across – Rough notes on army’s type of manual labour : STONEMASONRY
15-across – Hostelries popular with Poles : INNS
16-across – Liberal with nothing to hide? : OPENHANDED
18-across – Does an environmentalist gorge on cabbages? : GREENSTUFF
19-across – One’s back among the motorists from the Continent : ASIA
21-across – Trippers’ coin can be changed according to written direction : PRESCRIPTION
24-across – Terry’s predecessor, the Spanish student, is taking the French in : ELLEN
25-across – Valley with stream and fish on line – cap that! : GLENGARRY
26-across – In old Amsterdam, self-contained old-fashioned girl : DAMSEL
27-across – Grantees required to be set apart : ESTRANGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Four notes tendered by diner : CAFE
2-down – Behold the old city glare : LOUR
3-down – Space traveller with a stomach upset will undergo change : MUTATE
4-down – Indulging a collector’s hobby with Spooner’s Iberian running : TRAINSPOTTING
6-down – A piece McShane’s arranged : CHESSMAN
7-down – Sad song writer has detailed trio to incline the head one way : THRENODIST
8-down – Which adventure book character wore the monocle? : ONEEYEDMAN
10-down – A month is often attributed to this Shakespearean : TIMONOFATHENS
13-down – The breadth of a footballer at the feast! : WINGSPREAD
14-down – Advance payment, a measure hobo circumvented before the war : ANTEBELLUM
17-down – Three quarters against taking Common Entrance settle comfortably : ENSCONCE
20-down – Short man, the doctor: about to become an old eccentric, perhaps : CODGER
22-down – You find this smoother coming up? Me neither! : IRON
23-down – Live to claim your little cowshed : BYRE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.