This crossword No. 21714 clues and answers were published on Tue 12 Oct 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21714 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Essay about object that’s fashionable : TRENDY
4-across – Capital containing a hospital for outcasts : PARIAHS
9-across – Very clever fish ain’t at sea : BRILLIANT
10-across – Island’s turning black : SABLE
11-across – Follow headless queens around : ENSUE
12-across – Show disapproval by taking carriage as a sort of practical joke : BOOBYTRAP
13-across – So deep in thought one’s absorbed – nobody will play with one : SOLOIST
15-across – A drink with a head : NOGGIN
17-across – Appalled – but helping to make Branagh a star : AGHAST
19-across – Present course : CURRENT
22-across – Two chaps like some medieval legends : ARTHURIAN
24-across – Philanthropist retiring for the good of France : NOBEL
26-across – Letter from Greek graduate – it has four sides : RHOMB
27-across – King accompanied by aerial artist : KANDINSKY
28-across – Bird discovered by dramatist outside Los Angeles : ORTOLAN
29-across – Nothing on listed building? : LEANTO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bill allows some medicine : TABLETS
2-down – England’s first team takes both ends outdoors : EXITS
3-down – Self-indulgent life of fool upset by musical : DOLCEVITA
4-down – Crushing remark that’s recorded : PUTDOWN
5-down – After religious instruction heaven appears unsafe : RISKY
6-down – Purple and gold mixture of beer and gin : AUBERGINE
7-down – Look round shelter, being ready for bed : SLEEPY
8-down – Religious teacher with time for timid person : RABBIT
14-down – Prescribed bedtime in lands abroad : LIGHTSOUT
16-down – Latin verbal adjective given rude translation : GERUNDIVE
18-down – Kitchen order: stir in flour, possibly : THICKEN
19-down – Clergymen preserve son, perhaps : CANONS
20-down – Cry in the field though little colleague is content : TALLYHO
21-down – Spanish-speaking area of city – except for a Portuguese-speaking city : BARRIO
23-down – Sort of blume? Sort of bloom? : UMBEL
25-down – Container containing a small container : BASIN
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.