This crossword No. 21685 clues and answers were published on Wed 08 Sep 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21685 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Opposite of core gay activist, perhaps, reaching majority : OUTERMOST
10-across – Nothing, as it happens, on the green : OLIVE
11-across – Coat sported, unoriginally, by fabled beast : UNICORN
12-across – Introduction to the umpire’s instep? : PREFACE
13-across – Jabber of game : POKER
14-across – Look cross about fool starting to wash decanters, for example : GLASSWARE
16-across – Line of prisoners pegged out, having received punishment against medical advice : CONTRAINDICATED
19-across – Tear into less risky yield : SURRENDER
21-across – Unquiet tree at one extreme or the other : POLAR
22-across – Otter’s not a total inversion of another aquatic mammal : MUSKRAT
23-across – Splash out on Luxem-bourg in Bloom : SPLURGE
24-across – Island business with excellent turnover : IBIZA
25-across – Letter to Greek man embracing Muse – half a half, say : NUMERATOR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Conjuring house point for officer in America : HOCUSPOCUS
2-down – Crippled gun, putting some hay in it : STRICKEN
3-down – Passion sounds more complicated in EastEnders : ARDOUR
4-down – The fuzz appear in blue : DOWN
5-down – Snake slept badly on top of decorator’s equipment : STEPLADDER
6-down – Judicial distribution of conifers : FORENSIC
7-down – Agents ensnared amoral character with bug : CICADA
8-down – Dog’s reported huff : PEKE
14-down – Knife-sharpener gives a smile, having agreed about saint : GRINDSTONE
15-down – Chuck’s dad’s source of wine? : ELDERBERRY
17-down – Characters from Derby are upset by baker’s product : RYEBREAD
18-down – Bear left on time to participate in gambling system : TOLERATE
20-down – German state’s leader’s gone somewhere further east : RUSSIA
21-down – Derisory tax on dog food : PALTRY
22-down – Servant given a month in France and Germany : MAID
23-down – House erected in Lime Street : SEMI
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.