This crossword No. 21723 clues and answers were published on Fri 22 Oct 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21723 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Undeveloped? No, I teach like this : INCHOATE
5-across – Toast is comforting : CHEERS
9-across – Policeman laid low at the end of the bed : FLATFOOT
10-across – Italian liqueur strong and mature on reflection : STREGA
11-across – How awful to cut up dead rook for amusement! : LAUGHTER
12-across – Left Capone in imposing entrance : PORTAL
14-across – Second-class lodgings on credit for mobile witch : BROOMSTICK
18-across – Casanova to deposit about 500 with butcher : LADYKILLER
22-across – Trollop to keep virtuous if returning from Amsterdam? : TULIPS
23-across – What Ruth played: Bottom at The Globe : BASEBALL
24-across – Incense might be in the soup : NETTLE
25-across – He cries piercingly, taking a poor risk here : SHRIEKER
26-across – Prairie wolf retiring with dislocated toe : COYOTE
27-across – Plant pest, immature, to travel through the air : GREENFLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – This thing may be hot? : ITFELL
2-down – Trophy broken by bowler, perhaps, in this court : CHATUP
3-down – See 1 : OFFTHE
4-down – Baby ate dry wool when confused : TWOYEAROLD
6-down – Once you needed to fill stockings, being delicate : HOTHOUSE
7-down – Vote for all but wealthy to be charged : ELECTRIC
8-down – Was ankle twisted in the ballet? : SWANLAKE
13-down – A warning, of course: connect her with stout ancestor : FOREFATHER
15-down – Short drama, a stimulant, is non-romantic : PLATONIC
16-down – Adoration shown for lady trio harmonising : IDOLATRY
17-down – Silky top gets this clergyman excited : SKYPILOT
19-down – Colour of church tower : CERISE
20-down – See 1 : BACKOF
21-down – See 1 : ALORRY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.