This crossword No. 21705 clues and answers were published on Fri 01 Oct 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21705 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A poster to show where the big ships come : SEAPORT
5-across – Make a killing? Leave it tidy! : CLEANUP
9-across – Silence, please, for the game : WHIST
10-across – Big Eddy West takes pupils on the trombone when half-cut : MAELSTROM
11-across – My zeal, born afresh, is for heraldic devices : EMBLAZONRY
12-across – Become engaged by the network : MESH
14-across – Place a tune’s provenance and describe succinctly : ENCAPSULATE
18-across – Putting off a popular music presenter with our northern pieces and starting talks : ADJOURNMENT
21-across – Every bill coming in he sent back : EACH
22-across – Creditworthy? : BELIEVABLE
25-across – Distanced by a date-line blunder : ALIENATED
26-across – Despondency after trumpet’s first blow : THUMP
27-across – Fired type went in the van : KINDLED
28-across – Talk that’s direct : ADDRESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Woodcutter with no axe to grind? : SAWYER
2-down – A Kipling character with offensive smell needs to be given elbow-room : AKIMBO
3-down – Disgraceful, but nothing to rouse a gut reaction : OUTRAGEOUS
4-down – With work, encountered overtime : TEMPO
5-down – Cooked sweet course in the garden? : CHERRYPIE
6-down – In another second there’ll be language! : ERSE
7-down – Scandinavian rider lost his head but gained a point : NORSEMAN
8-down – A bit of reading matter, enough to absorb Henry in exercises : PAMPHLET
13-down – Grew to become refined : CULTIVATED
15-down – Quoted about an instance in vain : CONCEITED
16-down – Take a stroll with delicacy – make it a dance! : CAKEWALK
17-down – Depression becomes a non-starter with thrust from aircraft : EJECTION
19-down – Insensitive rendering of bust in Old English : OBTUSE
20-down – Attracts casual workers filling in time : TEMPTS
23-down – Country of a certain diameter : INDIA
24-down – A river almost blue : ANIL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.