This crossword No. 21827 clues and answers were published on Tue 22 Feb 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21827 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A representative is admitted back in the old country : PERSIA
5-across – Place containing microwave emitter, or place containing monks : LAMASERY
9-across – They are hot and cold – that is the start of something : CHILLIES
10-across – Fellow turning round on the way to fall asleep : NODOFF
11-across – Living together in love abode I read about : COHABITATION
13-across – Dire misprint: Three of a Kind? : DREI
14-across – Instruments playing fanfare for alien in best suit : TRUMPETS
17-across – Score in a motion picture script : SCENARIO
18-across – Celebrated Chinese dynasty : SUNG
20-across – In Islam, cider manufacture is made illegal : CRIMINALISED
23-across – Growing trees for a stunt makes one a snob? Just the reverse! : BONSAI
24-across – Novel about a furious revolutionary saint : ADAMBEDE
25-across – David Jason’s heart is captured by a fortune-teller : PSALMIST
26-across – The First Lady left in New York without hiccups : EVENLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Languishing nymph needs some more chocolate : ECHO
3-down – Pick boundaries for lake district environs : SELECTION
4-down – A craftsman heard correctly : ARIGHT
5-down – Tantalus tortured with bottles – non-minimal after all : LASTBUTNOTLEAST
6-down – Bully Cretan, making child carry first letter from Tartarus : MINOTAUR
7-down – Unhappy with Arab leader : SADAT
8-down – Getting off sandbank, possibly, or other flat region : REFLOATING
12-down – Insecure beloved clutching a Romeo : PRECARIOUS
15-down – A bold pose fit for bullfight music : PASODOBLE
16-down – Most salt water I would return to South Island seaport : BRINDISI
19-down – In Rome it is consumed – or what you will : ESTATE
21-down – Characters from Los Alamos, Ulan Bator or a city on the Tigris : MOSUL
22-down – Vow by Liverpool’s first pop star? : IDOL
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.