This crossword No. 21749 clues and answers were published on Mon 22 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21749 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Drop a note when in difficulty : SCRAPE
4-across – Big run on a famous Swiss bank : CRESTA
9-across – A feature of Sicily and French North Africa : ETNA
10-across – Educational institution where homework comes before discipline? : PREPSCHOOL
11-across – She has pain from one side to the other : RACHEL
12-across – Mean error puts it just off target : NEARMISS
13-across – How seasick people feel on disembarking? : BETTEROFF
15-across – Boss seen in a boiled shirt : STUD
16-across – Boring makers of laws : AWLS
17-across – A cottager going out may wear it : GREATCOAT
21-across – Proposal made by pilots before landing : APPROACH
22-across – Naturally cold state, but sweet when baked : ALASKA
24-across – Made claim that was upheld : MAINTAINED
25-across – Pubs names one’s made a case for : INNS
26-across – Despicable person possibly got time inside : TOERAG
27-across – Put up with being last : ENDURE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – It’s to be found in the estate agent’s brochure : SITUATE
2-down – Make master, finally, a head : REACH
3-down – Turns up in chilly surroundings yet well received : POPULAR
5-down – A car’s crashed and left by villain : RASCAL
6-down – Graphic new form of catechism : SCHEMATIC
7-down – Stimulated to use a rod, perhaps : AROUSED
8-down – Cheap transport : PENNYFARTHING
14-down – But for this, life would be unbearable : TOLERANCE
16-down – Used when a path’s relaid round top of the lane : ASPHALT
18-down – Leave a bar with a university man : ABANDON
19-down – Question one about point that’s not straightforward : ASKANCE
20-down – Capital city – the big smoke? : HAVANA
23-down – Last word to the French about to expire : ADIEU
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.