This crossword No. 21882 clues and answers were published on Wed 26 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21882 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Teaspoon preference to hand. Oh for no trouble brewing like this! : ONEFOR
5-across – Bigot of the Right is caught in the act : RACIST
8-across – Bowled one eccentric, one rum : BACARDI
9-across – It’s gross to confess one’s over the hill : GROWNUP
11-across – See 1 : ANDONEFORTHEPOT
12-across – Hank employed from this wolly strand : KEMP
13-across – See 1 : EACHPERSON
17-across – Lack money to enter the Order of Rechabites … : ABSTINENCE
18-across – … order a Rechabite initially might give to a Persian wine-lover : OMAR
20-across – 11 not 1,000 Hong Kong cups, alas, smashed : LAPSANGSOUCHONG
23-across – Educated woman gets out of bed for such cheese : RICOTTA
24-across – Dress with the end let out : RAIMENT
25-across – Bit of a Bloomer Arising : FLORET
26-across – Genetically modify a mongrel without a sign of energy : MUTATE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Pharisee was just mendacious, not a twister : NICODEMUS
3-down – Meal a Six Counties service sent up : FARINA
4-down – Check puncture and bearing, then restonre the pressure : REINFLATE
5-down – He’s understood to have relations : ROGER
6-down – Tradesperson: one dividing clergy and monarch : CLOTHIER
7-down – when the students rise? : SUNUP
8-down – So the unions would ban Norman? That’s criminal! : BLACKMAILER
10-down – Add runs among the crew to rectify : PUTONERIGHT
14-down – Weight displacing the cargo mark : HECTOGRAM
15-down – Nodding off in the Cowes road? A thousand times no! : SOMNOLENT
16-down – The end of the pier show around this column : PILASTER
19-down – Ad libs are not in it! : SCRIPT
21-down – Olympic ultimatum has weight in China : PICUL
22-down – One hand in glove in France with Ulysses : GRANT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.