This crossword No. 21824 clues and answers were published on Fri 18 Feb 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21824 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Find one hole in vestry: is Father Brown in it? : DETECTIVESTORY
9-across – For fliers with oxygen left behind : AIRPORT
10-across – Present Eastern box to rope-maker : ESPARTO
11-across – Love to be with friends – they’re precious : OPALS
12-across – Such a mill could be converted into a theatre : MUSICHALL
13-across – Stale spice – it’s not wet now : DRYSEASON
14-across – Phoney issue, but if only you knew her! : SUSIE
15-across – What’s happening in Deventer? : EVENT
17-across – Backtrack to origin of sponsor at baptism : GODPARENT
20-across – Deciphering chronology in prison? : DOINGTIME
22-across – Setter, perhaps, to travel without moving : DOGGO
23-across – Not fighting fair : NEUTRAL
24-across – Paper modelling originally made with friend in Paris : ORIGAMI
25-across – Notice on gate: how to grade beef anyhow : BEWAREOFTHEDOG
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Celebration of card partnership : DIAMONDWEDDING
2-down – Two sailors, unknown in old Eurasian empire : TARTARY
3-down – One hundred columns retreat from look-out platform : CROWSNEST
4-down – Breathes in this fashion round maiden’s narrow neck : ISTHMUS
5-down – Poet picks me up, being topless : EMERSON
6-down – To pick up half the question : TOPIC
7-down – Again interprets what’s right before needing notices : REREADS
8-down – Tedious individual breaking down : SOULDESTROYING
14-down – Smooth sole could be changed for calf’s dish : SCALDFISH
16-down – Mince pie and kipper for bon vivant : EPICURE
17-down – Grand elevation that is made by gamekeeper : GHILLIE
18-down – Fido fed poorly – languished : DIEDOFF
19-down – It’s no good cutting up an antelope in the country : ENGLAND
21-down – A bore found upside-down in Italian lake : GARDA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.