This crossword No. 21792 clues and answers were published on Wed 12 Jan 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21792 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Devil about to spoil one do-gooder : SAMARITAN
6-across – Something else’s turning point : HINGE
9-across – Concerning dance put in new arrangement : REJIG
10-across – Time out keeps communicators present : IMMEDIATE
11-across – Trapped in Italian city bearing plant oil : TURPENTINE
12-across – Close-knit, thus : SHUT
14-across – She’ll miss a sitter? : ARTISTE
15-across – Hide European in foam : LEATHER
17-across – Smoke of revolutionary origin : CHEROOT
19-across – Cross is metre longer, roughly : MONGREL
20-across – Food for bats : NUTS
22-across – Charmed Bee – oh, you and ‘e are heard to do so : SPELLBOUND
25-across – Fetters sound pottery : IRONSTONE
26-across – Reverse of a happy conclusion : UPEND
27-across – Drink, say, swallowed by star turn : NEGUS
28-across – Caught in flying machine’s accident : MISCHANCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Spar with one out of enthusiasm : SPRIT
2-down – Stick with her on parade? : MAJORETTE
3-down – Area circling about vessel’s retreat : REGRESSION
4-down – Another Lettish national emblem : THISTLE
5-down – So-called lion-man unmasked : NOMINAL
6-down – He’s self-centred in cloak : HIDE
7-down – Under nine at half-term : NEATH
8-down – The foreign material raised around peak of voting : ELECTORAL
13-down – It could finish off a redcoat : PAINTBRUSH
14-down – Uplifting isle : ASCENSION
16-down – Woman’s copper – thin and mighty : HERCULEAN
18-down – Make fast stroke raising bar : TAPROOM
19-down – Coin once in circulation turning wheels, we hear : MILREIS
21-down – Strap in leaving nothing loose : THONG
23-down – Kansas City bypass : DODGE
24-down – This island’s deity : ISIS
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.