This crossword No. 21733 clues and answers were published on Wed 03 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21733 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Tear up poster very quickly : PRESTO
5-across – Pastime causes the Queen to be cutting in analysis : INTEREST
9-across – I’ll break up a long morning if this shrub is put back : MAGNOLIA
10-across – Turncoat in spectacles right behind Cicero, perhaps : ORATOR
11-across – Kings, maybe, putting plastic money behind piano : PLAYINGCARDS
13-across – Cookers, when turned around, crack : SNAP
14-across – Birth occurs in native city, not East Central! : NATIVITY
17-across – The inadequacy of fleeting time : SHORTAGE
18-across – You have to go very slowly in Finchley : INCH
20-across – No good hiding garment by river, says this cornfield dweller : HARVESTMOUSE
23-across – I am shortly to be in charge, as is due from a son : FILIAL
24-across – Plain university astronomer almost seen in New York : UNLOVELY
25-across – Work to seek facts, if about to burn church : RESEARCH
26-across – I tarry with uncertainty, which is not common : RARITY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – One for me, says drunken Dora : ROAD
3-down – Abrasive George, French novelist, to join the Guardian, perhaps : SANDPAPER
4-down – Well! He may own one even if he comes from Milano : OILMAN
5-down – European vermin half gone on opening it : ITALIANVERMOUTH
6-down – Thug shot unfairly and that’s not just one opinion : THOUGHTS
7-down – Rita has swallowed a lasso : RIATA
8-down – Promise to stay in steamer, having second secret weapon : SWORDSTICK
12-down – I burn, but break your heart? I can’t! : ANTHRACITE
15-down – Words of unseen talker putting love at the heart of immorality unduly : VOICEOVER
16-down – Paul’s sick in vehicle. Like some pills? : CAPSULAR
19-down – Non-PM : BUTLER
21-down – Thin material, nasty, with a hole in it! : VOILE
22-down – What the gardener digs up is left in the casserole : PLOT
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.