This crossword No. 21823 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Feb 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21823 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Copper’s helmet may go flying : CUSHAT
4-across – H is for alcoholic capacity : HOGSHEAD
9-across – Pole on a Hebridean island : STAFFA
10-across – It may be insufficient for a slam at bridge : HEADROOM
11-across – Two of a kind if not fraternal : IDENTICALTWINS
13-across – Sanctimonious crowd swot for preliminary assessment : PILOTSTUDY
14-across – Priest entertained by female vicar : LEVI
16-across – Eastern half of 13 across in the garden : EDEN
18-across – Perhaps the worst disease in living memory : ALZHEIMERS
21-across – One given to relate incomplete verity in a fashion : INVETERATELIAR
23-across – Double gin and it could be playing with fire : IGNITING
24-across – Port of Spain, an old city brought to life : VIGOUR
25-across – Caught setter with that woman in the end : ENMESHED
26-across – Mushroom growth of eastern dignitary, getting almost wealthy : AGARIC
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A lot of it flows between banks : CASH
2-down – Disgrace of boy brought up after search : SCANDAL
3-down – Attraction that could lead to incest : AFFINITY
5-down – Hands out pen from a simple case : OPENANDSHUT
6-down – One could get teased for being staid : SEDATE
7-down – I’ve got to book up before moving : EMOTIVE
8-down – Millennium project endures losing royal servants : DOMESTICS
12-down – Ran election chaotically, showing inability to endure possible consequence : INTOLERANCE
13-down – Epic change in cost – a huge drop : PRECIPICE
15-down – Writer who is not in at present? : FIELDING
17-down – Poison makes space for a number to move freely about : ENVENOM
19-down – We get a bad name with our charm : ENAMOUR
20-down – Whatever America claims … : STATES
22-down – … he shows the Queen is in command : ERIC
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.