This crossword No. 21672 clues and answers were published on Tue 24 Aug 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21672 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Man keeps on in charge with victory on satellite TV – perhaps, yes, I can now milk a scandal : MONICALEWINSKY
9-across – Capital halved for the farm, extending some time into the future : LONGRANGE
10-across – A bee’s purpose: to carry the gold back : DRONE
11-across – Send off team’s inside half? : EXILE
12-across – Sluice that perhaps forced out a president : WATERGATE
13-across – Weapon turned on a politician of little value : NUGATORY
14-across – Nothing left in morose Hobbit character : GOLLUM
17-across – Bun baked, or not initially, like the one in the oven? : UNBORN
19-across – All fingers and thumbs collecting snake eggs, a small amount in the kitchen : TEASPOON
22-across – Denial of responsibility avoids law being broken : DISAVOWAL
24-across – Cut fruit : PRUNE
25-across – Hillock discovered after initial sex change? : MOUND
26-across – Welsh minister with a sin drove off the rails? : RONDAVIES
27-across – Neglected issue in the 1 across affair : CHELSEACLINTON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Was 8’s thing the result of l-lemon due in MMI? : MILLENNIUMDOME
2-down – … then grandad’s the Queen in China! : NANKING
3-down – Egyptologist eating swan and chips : CARPENTER
4-down – Plant grown wild in Luton not functioning : LUNGWORT
5-down – Laid to show war heartless and death a non-starter : WREATH
6-down – Dare in strip lifting Irish bottom : NADIR
7-down – Clever clogs is King of Berlin since 1989? : KNOWALL
8-down – MP entered loans foolishly? : PETERMANDELSON
15-down – Tubes replacing spaghetti with hoops instead of squares : OESOPHAGI
16-down – Greek Hades, horribly nice : HELLENIC
18-down – Medicinal element turning stomach in senior clergyman, missing work : BISMUTH
20-down – Eye expert implanting one into boss-eyed locust : OCULIST
21-down – First shot of rally holds point with bend on ball : SWERVE
23-down – Gore has valid application : VIDAL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.