This crossword No. 21657 clues and answers were published on Fri 06 Aug 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21657 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Knife-point jerks in ring : SCALPEL
5-across – Popular provisions contained by vessel : INBOARD
9-across – Flag day gets scanty return : DROOP
10-across – Crowfoot’s caught in flannel : BUTTERCUP
11-across – Primary constellation with Aldebaran producing light source : CANDELABRA
12-across – Animals rush around : DEER
14-across – Rich person to crush island wrath : MILLIONAIRE
18-across – Metal casing on timer? No, I’m timer : CHRONOMETER
21-across – Dead of night? : LATE
22-across – Sort of flora – and quite decorative? : QUATREFOIL
25-across – In small boat travelling into unknown : INCOGNITO
26-across – Beast’s plea for silence? : DINGO
27-across – Fish or seer : GOLDEYE
28-across – Work at court on dead boarding : PLYWOOD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Win over deuces wild : SEDUCE
2-down – Swarm in a vault : ABOUND
3-down – Go for a brand new plant : PEPPERMINT
4-down – Sign for books without lines : LIBRA
5-down – Ban short term in charge : INTERDICT
6-down – Asked pound for vegetable : BEET
7-down – Attribute of alternating current and direct conversion : ACCREDIT
8-down – What’s done about bit left : DEPARTED
13-down – Grim looking under fly in soup : UNFRIENDLY
15-down – Row about Finnish wheeled vehicle : LIMOUSINE
16-down – Very hot and going up over day : SCALDING
17-down – Proper formality for Tory leader turned crazy : PROTOCOL
19-down – Carried round island : BORNEO
20-down – Salmon diet includes other foodstuff : ALMOND
23-down – Group left upholding nothing : TROOP
24-down – Fever should be OK in time : AGUE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.