This crossword No. 21764 clues and answers were published on Thu 09 Dec 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21764 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Worker on edge for hymn … : ANTHEM
4-across – … or Irish county : ANTRIM
9-across – Once the highest position for an Afghan was a space station : AMIR
10-across – See 12 : NINETYNINE
11-across – No Eton rower when born by right enters backwards : DRYBOB
12-across – Now mostly mime in capitals : NINETEEN
13-across – Burdened dragging pole, so rested : SLUMBERED
15-across – A little peck is seen here : KISS
16-across – It’s common to ponder for an informer : FINK
17-across – Artist destroyed Lost Dream : OLDMASTER
21-across – German tennis player about to take money in sport is well off! : FARFLUNG
22-across – One speeds, say, in the country : RUSSIA
24-across – Correspondence with letters reported : CONSONANCE
25-across – The whole thing can turn around : UNIT
26-across – So-called model horse just originally concealed? : TROJAN
27-across – Exploding bullet sounds doubly 8 : DUMDUM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Navy high flier or red delicate flier : ADMIRAL
2-down – Pulse in broth : THROB
3-down – Hat almost upside-down the French will honour : ENNOBLE
5-down – Observing naught is heartless : NOTING
6-down – Possums’ call, the reverse call : RINGTAILS
7-down – Girl minded by married woman should exhibit good behaviour : MANNERS
8-down – Marriage without love: inform the single man that’s stupid : UNINTELLIGENT
14-down – Pre-election promises make some faint : MANIFESTO
16-down – Lying down as fast as possible : FLATOUT
18-down – French entertainer’s camera work for Universal : MARCEAU
19-down – Savouring cream for energy, settled on one’s top of the milk : ELITISM
20-down – Twenty-one shillings for fowl … : GUINEA
23-down – … or mollusc : SQUID
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.