This crossword No. 21836 clues and answers were published on Fri 03 Mar 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21836 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Inactive business partner swallowing bone : COMATOSE
9-across – Prophet and priest getting God : ELIJAH
10-across – Water drowned second biblical brother : ESAU
11-across – Know-all gets to paint Posh Spice’s head somehow : PANSOPHIST
12-across – Right place to find variety of leaf : CARPEL
14-across – Renewed success for compiler with degree stuffing bird : COMEBACK
15-across – Feature on board in the Channel : STRAITS
17-across – Notice habit of speech : ADDRESS
20-across – Cheap accommodation for government? : STEERAGE
22-across – Growth is said to follow popular demand : INSIST
23-across – One of the first people : PREADAMITE
24-across – Chopper beginning to leap and jump : AXEL
25-across – Sort of gland that’s at home in ring : PINEAL
26-across – 13’s one quatrain, perhaps, means everything : UNIVERSE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Faithful, but getting new man into bed : CONSTANT
2-down – Seaman’s union circumventing ban : TABU
3-down – Record subsuming records all about the truth : GOSPEL
4-down – Name used by Swiss skaters? : BERNICE
5-down – Class in the grass given new constitution : REFORMED
6-down – They sleep when it’s absurdly bright in nests : NIGHTBIRDS
7-down – A very long way to analyse words and a number : PARSEC
13-down – Negotiator has what makes ticker tick without energy : PEACEMAKER
16-down – Works on ways to include bible translation : TRAVAILS
18-down – Poet almost keeping America in a state of excitement : SUSPENSE
19-down – Love duet is getting repetitive : TEDIOUS
21-down – Plough furrow up – it’s not very exciting : TURGID
22-down – Scripture on film raised and promoted by 13? : IRENIC
24-down – The end of the New Testament : AMEN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.