This crossword No. 21719 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Oct 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21719 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Clasp is loose on the Spanish knife : SCALPEL
8-across – South American girl’s study? : PERUSAL
10-across – Show progress? Don’t exaggerate! : COMEON
11-across – Went into service? : ENLISTED
12-across – Live with a posh boyfriend : BEAU
13-across – Old personnel carrier, powerfully armed? : SEDANCHAIR
14-across – Relation found in a semi-religious order? : HALFBROTHER
19-across – Devotion of caretaker to head? : TENDERNESS
22-across – Study a book about publicity : READ
23-across – A city to impress sailors : SHANGHAI
24-across – You’ll never score with this girl : MAIDEN
25-across – High-rise flat : PLATEAU
26-across – Graduates meeting shortly? It’s in the wind : BASSOON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Pedestrian transport : SCOOTER
2-down – A word of praise : ALLELUIA
3-down – Threatened strikes that don’t come off : FEINTS
4-down – We shall shortly join firm : WELLKNIT
5-down – Sudden rising in output schedule : PUTSCH
6-down – Half-cooked scrap of food : RAREBIT
9-down – It’s the law in France : GENDARMERIE
15-down – In time the waves may recede from it : FOREHEAD
16-down – Rise late, perhaps, but still be the first : EARLIEST
17-down – An opening for an opener : KEYHOLE
18-down – Didn’t go much on Arthur’s place! : CAMELOT
20-down – Point has a need to be put differently : DENOTE
21-down – Mother’s coming up on a vessel – a Chinese one : SAMPAN
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.