This crossword No. 21812 clues and answers were published on Fri 04 Feb 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21812 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Somewhere in 16 down for Shed to chew over : MUNICH
4-across – Fool around in Defence or Intelligence : MOSSAD
9-across – Worker with the right to be bitter : BEER
10-across – Born loser in labyrinth in the grip of fevered chills : SCHLIMAZEL
11-across – Smooth little bricks flanking a square : LEGATO
12-across – What the winning jockey has to straddle? : BESTRIDE
13-across – Ex-winger’s exercises taking sex god to a city of yore : PTEROSAUR
15-across – French man or woman’s trouser? : JEAN
16-across – Remove balls of money in 16 down : GELD
17-across – M & S in 16 down enters port with explorer : ADMUNDSEN
21-across – Hot drink first put into cereal — you were supposed to blow on it : CRUMHORN
22-across – Confuse lager with bitter, initially : GARBLE
24-across – Story about academic with an excuse : PARDONABLE
25-across – Yawn at the end of King Kong, for instance : GAPE
26-across – Joined together to secure plate containing nutrient : YOLKED
27-across – On reflection, say spots result from an unhealthy diet : STODGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Actress’s sheep tucked into the pigfeed : MAEWEST
2-down – Neither parent’s a woman : NORMA
3-down – Traditions gone through between nations : CUSTOMS
5-down – Headless bird admitting note is redundant : OTIOSE
6-down – Landing good man with bimbo : STAIRHEAD
7-down – Inept character holds editors up somewhere in 16 down : DRESDEN
8-down – Water music man and two sportsmen entering the Underground : THEBLUEDANUBE
14-down – Good example of oriental-style bread coating : ROLEMODEL
16-down – Source of disease : GERMANY
18-down – Beast raised on funny tune : UNGUENT
19-down – Repeated point about excerpts leading to obscurity : ECLIPSE
20-down – Surprise attack sending immoral earner round the bend : POUNCE
23-down – Falsify personal documents, though anything but bent : RIGID
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.