This crossword No. 21671 clues and answers were published on Mon 23 Aug 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21671 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – It’s said to produce a smile : CHEESE
4-across – Investments frame-up exposes people to ridicule : STOCKS
9-across – Completes games of bowls : ENDS
10-across – Actors are prepared to appear in it : MAKEUPROOM
11-across – Craft project : LAUNCH
12-across – Fruit with coverings – they’re bananas : NUTCASES
13-across – Courses for craftsmen : WATERWAYS
15-across – Block and tackle? : STOP
16-across – Handy aid to warmth : MUFF
17-across – In which to plant bulbs? : LIGHTSOIL
21-across – Bird of ill omen to an old criminal? : BLACKCAP
22-across – Commercial break cut off : ADRIFT
24-across – Instantly, but not there and then : HEREANDNOW
25-across – Where barristers get refreshers? : INNS
26-across – Draw, perhaps, ten of diamonds : ENTICE
27-across – A man’s calling for Australian port : SYDNEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Choral work can go on so long : CANTATA
2-down – Where Westphalians may go to eat in Germany : ESSEN
3-down – Possibly show me love in one way or another : SOMEHOW
5-down – Responsible for a convict getting privileges : TRUSTY
6-down – Quixotic writer never acts in play : CERVANTES
7-down – Expressed one’s views – loudly? : SPOKEUP
8-down – Taking the plunge when not suited for it : SKINNYDIPPING
14-down – In effect, I turn out to be capable : EFFICIENT
16-down – Man having to admit set-up is kind of cross : MALTESE
18-down – Principal method of progress : HEADWAY
19-down – One’s childhood in one’s imagination : INFANCY
20-down – Such a railway may make a fair profit : SCENIC
23-down – Put a curb round gelding’s head and get control : REIGN
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.