This crossword No. 21693 clues and answers were published on Fri 17 Sep 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21693 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Horse seller, perhaps : CHARGER
5-across – Article in court newspaper : COURANT
9-across – Old currency provided by financial backer : ANGEL
10-across – One feeling qualified to play Lawrence? : CANDIDATE
11-across – Lights on the Headland – a painting by Constable? : LANDSCAPE
12-across – Result of putting uniform on model : EVENT
13-across – Bound, it is said, to have confidence : TRUST
15-across – Though unwilling, took sustenance during examination : INTESTATE
18-across – Trial meant to upset will : TESTAMENT
19-across – Object to a novice going over poem : LAMIA
21-across – Outcome of point in dispute : ISSUE
23-across – The German double weapon : DERRINGER
25-across – It’s a cable running to the east of Sweden : BALTICSEA
26-across – Poor fool to start diving on a rising tide : FLOOD
27-across – Reveals former attitudes : EXPOSES
28-across – Moral impediment of little weight : SCRUPLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Capital adornment for head porter in holiday home : CHAPLET
2-down – Greek sailors finding tuna dish in store : ARGONAUTS
3-down – Safe investment for pigs? : GILTS
4-down – A beer chit destroyed by teetotaller : RECHABITE
5-down – Boat needing a once-over : CANOE
6-down – Useful kind of tool in film classification : UNIVERSAL
7-down – Saw an American lawyer, for example, taken aback : ADAGE
8-down – Letters providing support for board? : TRESTLE
14-down – Essays about old people in some Shakespearean plays : TRAGEDIES
16-down – Learning processes tried out, perhaps, in tests : TUTORIALS
17-down – Octopodes in military formation? : ARMYGROUP
18-down – Belt thrown round border by Irish politician : TRIMBLE
20-down – A game cut short : ABRIDGE
22-down – County girl at work : SALOP
23-down – Records with strong backing support? : DISCS
24-down – Draw conclusion from fashionable referee’s rise : INFER
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.