This crossword No. 21695 clues and answers were published on Mon 20 Sep 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21695 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – A light gold : BULLSEYE
9-across – Accounts to be settled in large numbers : SCORES
10-across – Mad to reverse, try going forward : STAB
11-across – Wasted no time collecting the loot? : RANSACKING
12-across – Feels one would be mad to be out of them : SENSES
14-across – To put one at risk on purpose is a sin : ENDANGER
15-across – Not a professor of divinity, evidently : ATHEIST
17-across – Boring commercial breaks into fight : BRADAWL
20-across – It rarely turns out like this in books : LITERARY
22-across – Passage for half the convoy takes time : VOYAGE
23-across – Fussy individual : PARTICULAR
24-across – Excellent yet not well done : RARE
25-across – Payment to a girlfriend is a fur cape : TIPPET
26-across – Delightful lake in rustic surroundings : PLEASANT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Not quite free to give the result of the division : QUOTIENT
2-down – Bat that may be held in the hand : CLUB
3-down – A new bride’s bits and pieces : DEBRIS
4-down – Turn, or intend to turn, Communist : MEANDER
5-down – Man’s man, for instance : ISLANDER
6-down – Time of occupation : WORKINGDAY
7-down – Irishman at church for spiritual guidance : SEANCE
13-down – Cliché of a hi-fi buff : STEREOTYPE
16-down – Shortage of transport in southern metropolis : SCARCITY
18-down – Betting, using a pay-phone : WAGERING
19-down – Singular-looking giant? : CYCLOPS
21-down – Emphatic type : ITALIC
22-down – Starting with Virgo, Zodiac sign alters : VARIES
24-down – Adjourned for some wine : ROSE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.