This crossword No. 21711 clues and answers were published on Fri 08 Oct 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21711 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Vagrant I entertain out East? : ITINERANT
10-across – Part of flag – one among many : HOIST
11-across – Records of air-conditioning in sideshow : DIARIES
12-across – Time to dress in worthless stuff? : GARBAGE
13-across – Note always turning into another note : BREVE
14-across – Fine imposed on fictitious tale is indescribable : INEFFABLE
16-across – To one Pope, it spelt danger : ALITTLELEARNING
19-across – Coped with some awful rot : DECOMPOSE
21-across – Light soldier on animal’s back : KLEIG
22-across – Unusual poem about air in shops : EMPORIA
23-across – Mixture the French found in turning over molten rock : AMALGAM
24-across – Locations where things worth seeing are reported : SITES
25-across – Bookkeeper’s sign for rainstorm : LIBRARIAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Workman holding broken bridle for Pope Gregory : HILDEBRAND
2-down – Middle East country filling pies cooked by Italian painter : PIRANESI
3-down – Emblem of French depravity : DEVICE
4-down – Fishes’ fingerprints? : DABS
5-down – Poem composed in even stages, perhaps : STAGNESEVE
6-down – Acolyte badly hurt by firework : THURIFER
7-down – Article taken from Barbican turns out to be antacid : BICARB
8-down – Ugly finish in untidy set is an eyesore : STYE
14-down – Certain line a boxer takes? : INEXORABLE
15-down – Promise of employment : ENGAGEMENT
17-down – Shrub found at river ski resort : TAMARISK
18-down – Lupine character with fixed semi-grin : ISENGRIM
20-down – Writer’s cloak : CAPOTE
21-down – Bears getting final put-down, unfortunately : KOALAS
22-down – Some other Semitic language : ERSE
23-down – Sailor wanted to be an ecclesiastic : ABBE
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.