This crossword No. 21624 clues and answers were published on Tue 29 Jun 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21624 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Weapon law overlooked on first examining this part of ship : GUNWALE
5-across – Succeed in their design : INHERIT
9-across – Poor parish including one high flier : AIRSHIP
10-across – Has an effect on what child does : IMPACTS
11-across – Solicit space for trying suits : COURTROOM
12-across – Vestment needing sound pin : COTTA
13-across – Clip heard by quiet listener : SHEAR
15-across – Fair lady packing a gun in trifle : BAGATELLE
17-across – Renegades’ act at Tosca performance : TURNCOATS
19-across – Poor actor admitting soldier to women’s quarters : HAREM
22-across – Crime featured in popular song : ARSON
23-across – Varicoloured pepper used to get rid of rats : PIEDPIPER
25-across – Find fault with island’s acceptance of returning soldier : ARRAIGN
26-across – Learned Oriental gets rude about it : ERUDITE
27-across – The French doctor with the peculiar kind of walk? : LAMBETH
28-across – To take it is an offence : UMBRAGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Looks briefly at strokes : GLANCES
2-down – Manage to come up with true sort of nourishment : NURTURE
3-down – Remains an alien presence on the Scottish plate : ASHET
4-down – Great feeling about key plant : EUPHORBIA
5-down – Zeus’s inamorata in midstream in a manner of speaking : IDIOM
6-down – Game to have a drink after the dance : HOPSCOTCH
7-down – Many to get it in actual performance : RECITAL
8-down – Tackled first rank with a will : TESTATE
14-down – Credit one with being profound : RECONDITE
16-down – Alewife putting water on cheap cigarette : GASPEREAU
17-down – To drag wearily round museum is hard work : TRAVAIL
18-down – Sort out spirit platform : ROSTRUM
20-down – Duplicate caliper ordered : REPLICA
21-down – She needs real men around : MARLENE
23-down – Dickensian in dire straits? : PINCH
24-down – Sound fruit, they say : PLUMB
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.