This crossword No. 21797 clues and answers were published on Tue 18 Jan 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21797 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Natty little theatrical residence achieves comeback : DAPPER
4-across – Trouble with a bit of basil? More likely parsley : POTHERB
9-across – Hurry up your appearance and go on and on about it : LOOKSHARP
10-across – Music presenter at pub takes spirits : DJINN
11-across – Insect from the heart of the earth? : MIDGE
12-across – Riding train? Beware a poorly clad gatecrasher : CAVALCADE
13-across – A bad spirit: for example, Monday shall be nameless : ASMODAY
15-across – Two lines by playwright: Anthony, or Charles II when old : ROWLEY
17-across – Creator of chaos in a bridge : ANARCH
19-across – Trouble about royal relative : BROTHER
22-across – Maximum sentence pursued by police is what keeps them going : LIFEFORCE
24-across – Depart from house next door to hell : HOPIT
26-across – Not carrying anything one shouldn’t? Absolutely! : CLEAN
27-across – Scattered bits of deja vu in 25 exhibited by 6 7 : PREJUDICE
28-across – Dead? Yes, possibly, and near to tears : SADEYED
29-across – Change sides, which is a bad thing : DEFECT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cover up Miss 16, creating a problem : DILEMMA
2-down – Sticking out for what 8 was said to be : PROUD
3-down – Leisure reduced by kind of singular soap : EASTENDER
4-down – Father : PAPAVER
5-down – The wave that laid much of Mount Ida low : TIDAL
6-down – Giving teeth a nibble, Zen practitioner of Jane’s ended up with … : ELIZABETH
7-down – See 6 : BENNET
8-down – … the sound of a bustle being heard : DARCEY
14-down – Midland town of short story writer and misspelt humorist : MANSFIELD
16-down – See 14 : WOODHOUSE
18-down – For writing a stiff note requiring the vet? : HARDPAD
19-down – Former note on short-time commission : BREVET
20-down – Give another party and retire : RETREAT
21-down – Cinema detectives hold £1,000 : FLICKS
23-down – 14 Park girl in infancy, prearranged : FANNY
25-down – See 23 : PRICE
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.