This crossword No. 21779 clues and answers were published on Tue 28 Dec 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21779 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Might one get into a lather in traffic? : BUBBLECAR
6-across – Forever sinful there: level zero possible? : UNTIL
9-across – : HELLFREEZESOVER
10-across – A right shower! : RAIN
11-across – Apprentice pirate following Red Queen, I see : FREDERIC
14-across – Steps taken by Mao to achieve extended boundary : LUNGMARCH
15-across – Tough lawman could stand nothing eccentric : DRACO
16-across – Disapproval shown for tumbling down : FROWN
18-across – Auden, a singular talent outside the game : SOLOWHIST
20-across – Highland route with free entry? Get away! No thanks! : RIDGEWAY
21-across – Quarrel and turn lights out! : SPAT
25-across – One cooks with aid of vents and North Sea’s combustible : FANASSISTEDOVEN
26-across – Mariner dropped one in fixing sails : SILAS
27-across – One can’t wait to reach the finishing line : ENDREADER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Indian state brings in half Asia’s rice initially : BIHAR
2-down – So Simenon was enabling numberless characters : BELGIAN
3-down – Free trip winning the thumbs up? On the contrary! : LIFT
4-down – School of fish out East : COED
5-down – Neptune’s beard trimmer? : RAZORSHELL
6-down – Head over heels in love, we’d sup with many another : UPSIDEDOWN
7-down – Where Shirley Valentine worked for the Greek state in a National Trust building : TAVERNA
8-down – Polite cry emanating from one such as Catullus : LYRICPOET
12-down – As Fenby to Delius, a servant diverse in uses : AMANUENSIS
13-down – Disdain? That’s absurd – is he crazy? : BRUSHASIDE
14-down – Delivery vehicles dispelling fear in 3s : LIFERAFTS
17-down – It describes first word in a letter containing it : ORDINAL
19-down – I’m paid to swallow a few – and I’m not scared : IMPAVID
22-down – Take one-time opera singer making a comeback… : TENOR
23-down – …as Don Giovanni? That’s neglecting his duties, perhaps : STUD
24-down – On which tense? : EDGE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.