This crossword No. 21661 clues and answers were published on Wed 11 Aug 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21661 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Paul, lecturer to criminals? : CONDON
4-across – Paul, royally attired? : ROBESON
9-across – An element of ruin, ‘coz I’m reckless : ZIRCONIUM
10-across – Catcall of Woody Allen’s ex losing distant right : MIAOW
11-across – Pleasant accommodating Oriental relative : NIECE
12-across – All 9 I refined after many, many years : MILLENNIA
13-across – Karaoke’s ultimate My Way bound to show emo-tional understanding : EMPATHY
15-across – This should be comfortable for the solver? : SETTEE
17-across – Toothy comedian? : WISDOM
19-across – Worthy of reverence, as no longer so lazy? : BLESSED
22-across – Lords are poetical, longing over Paul : MCCARTNEY
24-across – The Spanish and French end could be spritely? : ELFIN
26-across – Shock one of me out loud : APPAL
27-across – Paul needs case – going abroad : GASCOIGNE
28-across – Implies everyone used gets abused : ALLUDES
29-across – First service and where not to put it when returned suggests this game : TENNIS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Paul verbally quotes a Bronte : CEZANNE
2-down – Bottle which transmits message : NERVE
3-down – None stood around and no one stood around : ONONESTOD
4-down – Discovers deep resonant sounds : RUMBLES
5-down – Sweet sweaty smell given honour : BOMBE
6-down – Lest a sin’s done without it? : STAINLESS
7-down – Paul, domestically enlightened? : NEWMAN
8-down – Consternation at sweet potatoes I’d brought up : DISMAY
14-down – The first moral we’re told : PRINCIPAL
16-down – Expression of sympathy yelled on course, thus : THEREFORE
18-down – Copes with the reason for our mortality? : MANAGES
19-down – Lout upset with his problems as a youth : BOYISH
20-down – Paul leads in trickery? : DANIELS
21-down – Paul’s friend, a horny beast? : IMPALA
23-down – Governed as sporting union governed : RULED
25-down – Dickens character portrayed as Andy Capp? : FAGIN
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.