This crossword No. 21934 clues and answers were published on Mon 26 Jun 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21934 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Seed’s fan prepared to make a personal complaint : DEAFNESS
9-across – Notice present and hold on : ADHERE
10-across – Laughing at a depressed fence? : HAHA
11-across – Inform about a mad character going to pieces : SHATTERING
12-across – Retiring artist getting just deserts : REWARD
14-across – Was more than once granted around a quarter : EXCEEDED
15-across – A royal house built in Stroud : TUDORS
17-across – Man races to get in drink that’s superior : BETTER
20-across – Quiet charm and taste : PENCHANT
22-across – A country hat : PANAMA
23-across – The defence work in successes with hardly any encouragement : FORTWOPINS
24-across – Making tin and silver amalgam presents a problem : SNAG
25-across – Breaking a horse? Not in the main : ASHORE
26-across – They’re on their own before the children appear : EREMITES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A great number in quite good environs degenerate : DECADENT
2-down – The dyke builder would take endless refuse : OFFA
3-down – Some are clever, sedulous and learned : VERSED
4-down – Cancel it in error and there’ll be a song made! : CANTICLE
5-down – A town in the USA, Princeton say : CHARLESTON
6-down – A large property – note the extent : GRANGE
8-down – High-minded person allowed the last word? That’s a bit of a bloomer : STAMEN
13-down – Regal resignation : ABDICATION
16-down – Embarrassed about a misshapen nose, it’s thought : REASONED
18-down – Involving the bell-boy in strikes could well cause storms : RAMPAGES
19-down – Band having an outing in the Canterbury area : STRIPE
21-down – The self-centred individual, for example, is to reform : EGOIST
22-down – An old-fashioned cold remedy some airmen prepare : POSSET
24-down – Gratuities may be used up for a rotisserie : SPIT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.