This crossword No. 21875 clues and answers were published on Tue 18 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21875 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – 5 for one who is 9 12? : DIGITAL
5-across – Traveller with prospects turning turtle : SNAPPER
10-across – Good old British infantry starts to desert : GOBI
11-across – Where wines are put down in volume : CELLARBOOK
12-across – See 9 : THUMBS
13-across – Ribald French verses from Bali you say, translated in transmitted copy : FABLIAUX
14-across – Fall back north and point out justification : PRECEDENT
16-across – Work of 18 having spacecraft without directions : MISER
17-across – Stratagem fails to gain entry to sphere of influence : AMBIT
19-across – Might ‘elp to seal with this? : SELLOTAPE
23-across – So Clouseau’s no cruciverbalist? : CLUELESS
24-across – See 1 : CAMERA
26-across – Revival of the kidneys not left to science: not one! : RENASCENCE
27-across – Sally’s so shy : AUNT
28-across – Warhorse needing surgeon at near-disaster : VETERAN
29-across – Lewis Eliot, say, put up with the cold : SNOWMAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Graphic indicator thus found in the divine fluid : ISOCHOR
3-down – Man following some subconscious speech pattern : IDIOM
4-down – How stands the defendant? : ACCUSED
6-down – Marshal bar members into close : NEARBY
7-down – Open one’s heart ultimately – to a Max Clifford? : PUBLICIST
8-down – Old electricians love to oppose change, naturally : EVOLUTE
9-down – Alters with fumbling hands; altered with fumbling hands : ALLFINGERSAND
15-down – Bent hairstylist’s reign of terror? : CRIMEWAVE
18-down – He wrote ‘A Man for all Seasons’ without exaggeration : MOLIERE
20-down – Hannibal, born to take the stand : LECTERN
21-down – Swimmer rushed into a hip replacement : PIRANHA
22-down – 15 over a one-time kingdom : MERCIA
25-down – Queen’s speech? : MIAOW
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.