This crossword No. 21800 clues and answers were published on Fri 21 Jan 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21800 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Stop for a time, having finished the development : BREAKTHROUGH
8-across – Retired friend of Pythias in charge of travelling : NOMADIC
9-across – NT liar nearly declared grandmother to be backward : ANANIAS
11-across – Newspapermen could be so tired : EDITORS
12-across – Education will switch it in and out : TUITION
13-across – Petty cash needed but none in a bedsitter : FLOAT
14-across – Russian port calls for chief backer : ARCHANGEL
16-across – Desperate for telephone system, one held by fastening : LASTDITCH
19-across – Farm operated by church : RANCH
21-across – Athlete in cellar, turning again : VAULTER
23-across – Urn is as translated into this language : RUSSIAN
24-across – Much alcohol puts king in wrong : SKINFUL
25-across – American tree goes headlong : NUTPINE
26-across – Churchman turns dry ready-mix in church festival? : REDLETTERDAY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Graduate takes a moment to keep particular wine for child : BAMBINO
2-down – Most distant destruction reaches the majority : ENDMOST
3-down – Gives up pastry as initial impetus : KICKSTART
4-down – Find out time from ticker : HEART
5-down – Wind instrument uplifts company using aria without a name : OCARINA
6-down – Not losing when batting twice in silence : GAINING
7-down – Henry’s fourth wife, plainly! : ANNEOFCLEVES
10-down – Char passed round lake without help : SINGLEHANDED
15-down – Carbon once put outside this place for sticking together : COHERENCE
17-down – Bess needs IOU to get change for onion sauce : SOUBISE
18-down – Beautiful rhyme like Your Obedient Servant! : DUTIFUL
19-down – Broken reed about to pose when moved : RESITED
20-down – Lion’s tail is wrapped in fat with a deafening roar : NOISILY
22-down – What’s kindled again in obscure literature? : RELIT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.