This crossword No. 21732 clues and answers were published on Tue 02 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21732 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Keep limb bony – OK in contest? : KNOBBLY
5-across – Deformed vampire, death and hell, not he; stakes a speciality! : VLADTHE
9-across – Gust of wind, blow! : BLAST
10-across – Sun’s exposure : PAGETHREE
11-across – Fly sets off, guided in its own image? : SELFSTYLED
12-across – Song without la is smooth on top : BALD
14-across – See 1 : COMPETITION
18-across – Cultivating grain, so most expert in their field? : AGRONOMISTS
21-across – Gin finds the mouth : TRAP
22-across – Clairvoyance reveals ghost around the Channel Islands : PRESCIENCE
25-across – ‘x’ co-ordinates make BASIC essay wrong, not ‘y’ : ABSCISSAE
26-across – See 1 : KNEES
27-across – See 5 : IMPALER
28-across – Moralist girl entertained by joke : PURITAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Put it on to stop most of family nonsense : KIBOSH
2-down – Nothing clear confused seer : ORACLE
3-down – Mad support follows from fields first : BATSSECOND
4-down – City careerist raised money during the years : YUPPY
5-down – Indecision seen forming in cranial nerve : VAGUENESS
6-down – Book of information without introduction : ACTS
7-down – Reptile and one fish in net hauled up : TERRAPIN
8-down – Editing the denouement to grab me : EMENDING
13-down – Boar hunter takes the filth to heart : PIGSTICKER
15-down – One will remember Scrooge storing up capital : MEMORISER
16-down – Seasoned beef as Armpit Stew : PASTRAMI
17-down – Ends relationship, so begins the holidays : BREAKSUP
19-down – Where camping is determined? : INTENT
20-down – Nick for rogue trader? : LEESON
23-down – Abrupt and unreasonable : STEEP
24-down – See 10 : GIRL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.