This crossword No. 21806 clues and answers were published on Fri 28 Jan 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21806 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A nation fell for her … : FRANCESCA
6-across – … love rejected with irritation : EROS
10-across – Title tag from La Belle Helene : LABEL
11-across – Leading voice in choral setting of Western Bride Snatcher : LOCHINVAR
12-across – This one is associated with motor racing : FORMULA
13-across – It’s mostly worn above the Tweed, or river with bridge over : SPORRAN
14-across – Transport by air is cheap and flexible : CHAISEANDPAIR
17-across – It may need tissues – about 500 sheets costing roughly £500 : STREAMINGCOLD
21-across – Idle quiche seller? : FLANEUR
22-across – Skittish, like Shaw? : PLAYFUL
24-across – Coin disposed through channel laid down by the church : CANONICAL
25-across – Dicky traps a modest catch : SPRAT
26-across – Foreign currency used to square rent : TORE
27-across – Clinical insight : ENDOSCOPY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – View before a brimming mug? : FULLFACE
2-down – In my absence a member is seen in a cautious light : AMBER
3-down – Man of rank paints silver, they say : COLOURSERGEANT
4-down – Fruit and nut, alas mixed : SULTANA
5-down – Charged a hundred spent on account : ACCUSED
7-down – Vain error corrected in Galileo’s towering view : RIVERARNO
8-down – Newsprint when used for a quick run : SPRINT
9-down – Do they help one to contemplate a double Scotch? : BIFOCALGLASSES
15-down – One could swill Brian’s tea : ABSTAINER
16-down – One Tory lad stirs up misplaced veneration : IDOLATRY
18-down – Part of the audience may hear the voice of the prophet : AURICLE
19-down – Stuck like a politician in false ideal : IMPALED
20-down – Deal possibly set aside : OFFCUT
23-down – Wells’s partner had a long way to travel : FARGO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.