This crossword No. 21656 clues and answers were published on Thu 05 Aug 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21656 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – It’s fairly hot, yet sometimes chilly, they say : REDPEPPER
10-across – Take out part-timer, a secretary bird : ERASE
11-across – The thinner first-class accent : ACETONE
12-across – Come to know the foreign set-up in 10’s development : REALISE
13-across – Mr Park? : HYDE
14-across – Adopt an attitude about powder overdose? It helps to get the message home : POSTALCODE
15-across – Macho character cried for Arthur, the poet : RIMBAUD
17-across – Put the case set in place : POSITED
19-across – Is Helen bound over to be free of obligation? : UNBEHOLDEN
22-across – Swift Nellie? : DEAN
23-across – The new free love bar in the Big Apple? : NOVELTY
24-across – Take advantage of a bold stroke : EXPLOIT
26-across – Char, they say, is the Playboy writer : SYNGE
27-across – Lewd clues, set to entrap 3 : LECHEROUS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Perfidious state when skin problem absorbs 3 : TREACHEROUSNESS
2-down – Swell finish to middle jump for rider : ADDENDUM
3-down – The Ideal woman’s circle : HERO
4-down – 3, cased by recidivist pickpockets, has gone pear-shaped : SPHEROID
5-down – Ironic nonsense may bring the house down : DRYROT
6-down – Charles, ‘e went crazy for a classical 3 : HERACLES
7-down – About a serious offence round a hazardous place : CASINO
8-down – For Sisyphus, it’s just the job : NEVERENDINGTASK
16-down – This 3 got cold in a surging sea : ACHILLES
17-down – Bearing gifts carelessly addressed? : PRESENCE
18-down – Maybe Rex and 3 at school found a dinosaur : THEROPOD
20-down – Sort of setter embracing 6? Stupid! : BOVINE
21-down – See a ‘oly confused Jesuit : LOYOLA
25-down – Look at hold up : PEEK
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.