This crossword No. 21913 clues and answers were published on Thu 01 Jun 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21913 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Wade, perhaps in Surrey water : VIRGINIA
9-across – See 18 : OFTHE
10-across – See 26 : SIDE
11-across – One day TV is to be free of offensive recording : VIDEONASTY
12-across – See 25 : PRAWNS
14-across – Spooner has to offer a kick up the backside to get a drink in North America : ROOTBEER
15-across – Home of the meadow pipit, perhaps, most inadequate : LEANEST
17-across – Cumbrian town in H. Pinter play : PENRITH
20-across – Extinct bird with nails hammered in – work of Enigmatist? : MONALISA
22-across – Poet’s boring to study : DRYDEN
23-across – Spider, if black, say, a feature of Dracula? : WIDOWSPEAK
24-across – Railway from Birmingham reportedly to be cut : LOIN
25-across – Crustaceans in spring water all at sea : TIGER
26-across – Mistress got her teeth into the Arsenal? : BITONTHE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – One work unit’s about to be in line for delicate metalwork : FILIGREE
2-down – Fit for party leader? The leader has been deposed : AGUE
3-down – See 18 : KNIVES
4-down – Comic cut short: time’s up for comic character : DANDARE
5-down – Move the old books I’m mad about? : LOCOMOTE
6-down – Home Secretary and rock’n’roll guitarist: one’s barren, another’s wild : STRAWBERRY
7-down – Make one’s home in Cumbrian town : SETTLE
13-down – Aussie flier twice took gold, overhauling silver both times : WONGAWONGA
16-down – Shearer’s possession, the overhead kick : SCISSORS
18-down – Ken Livingstone and the FT go h-h-horribly together for a culling of Tory ministers : THENIGHT
19-down – Bond once by following Buddhism south of Los Angeles : LAZENBY
21-down – Drug given for nothing? Then one’s head going round : OPIATE
22-down – Plane providing information about fighter’s downfall : DAKOTA
24-down – See 18 : LONG
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.