This crossword No. 21740 clues and answers were published on Thu 11 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21740 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Crank who did badly in Lent, for example : FADDIST
5-across – Boards with a relative : STEPSON
9-across – Point in lake that might prove richly rewarding : ERNIE
10-across – Defeat on the cricket field, perhaps : OVERTHROW
11-across – TV programme anxiously watched at Cape Canaveral, presumably : COUNTDOWN
12-across – Headgear associated with German soldier : MITRE
13-across – Avoids garments of coarse cloth : DUCKS
15-across – Attack causing displeasure : OFFENSIVE
18-across – Said paper has to go? : DISAPPEAR
19-across – Entire amount put by child on a plate : TOTAL
21-across – Instrument firm’s internal measure : CELLO
23-across – Vacillating invertebrate : SPINELESS
25-across – Artist saying ‘owdo to old actor : DONATELLO
26-across – A declared interest in meat : STEAK
27-across – Asked side to change colour : DESIRED
28-across – Shakespearean’s second source of finance : SLENDER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Warmly covered at exorbitant cost? : FLEECED
2-down – Inveighs against study on weights : DENOUNCES
3-down – Disinclined to act in plainer terms : INERT
4-down – Two thirds of the deliveries completed? : TWOTOCOME
5-down – Point on bird’s back : STERN
6-down – Site meant originally for a small bar : ESTAMINET
7-down – Supporter’s mistrust : STRUT
8-down – Out of the running at present in this location : NOWHERE
14-down – Drink ale with fan : SUPPORTER
16-down – Get rid of Jeremy’s hearthside implements? : FIREIRONS
17-down – Having the principal role at the front : INTHELEAD
18-down – Resolved to be firm : DECIDED
20-down – Armed Indian tribesmen getting lark to fly round tree : LASHKAR
22-down – Animal said to have connections : LINKS
23-down – Financially sound southern lido, perhaps : SOLID
24-down – Follow sun moving from east to east? : ENSUE
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.