This crossword No. 21669 clues and answers were published on Fri 20 Aug 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21669 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Limp little books found in dingy place : HOBBLE
5-across – Contrite writer, one seen in front of canvas dwelling : PENITENT
9-across – Bottle or tin kept in check : DECANTER
10-across – Turned to me to get into religious eduction, though far away : REMOTE
11-across – This for a honeymoon, but the record was faulty : THREESACROWD
13-across – Cooker turns iron hot and cold : CHEF
14-across – Mere talk describes this turn in skiing : TELEMARK
17-across – A good man, a lieutenant, holding combat to be courageous : STALWART
18-across – Thus half one’s home is in this part of London : SOHO
20-across – Summary law gives less than the correct amount : SHORTMEASURE
23-across – Good backlog not finished for tradesman : GROCER
24-across – Morally suspect behaviour of departing boy : GOINGSON
25-across – Bonnet, perhaps, hides top set of wheels : HEADGEAR
26-across – Short journey made for another in Clermont-Ferrand : ERRAND
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Maiden, perhaps, says it’s your turn to speak : OVER
3-down – A fuel tub I mended is not ugly : BEAUTIFUL
4-down – Absolute savage in tree : ENTIRE
5-down – True street guide – you don’t know him from Adam : PERFECTSTRANGER
6-down – Number: a thousand in a gathering as a rule : NORMALLY
7-down – Settle up for a clocklike device : TIMER
8-down – Remarkable school put up with a local celebrity : NOTEWORTHY
12-down – Wave to attract pale animal : WHITEHORSE
15-down – Delivery boy holding pickle, green as it might be : MESSENGER
16-down – Friend with moving meter provides symbol of success : PALMTREE
19-down – I’m like a stalactite in dark red volcanic rock : PUMICE
21-down – Hurried to get account in the red : RACED
22-down – Blue Western concealed by university teacher : DOWN
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.