This crossword No. 21848 clues and answers were published on Fri 17 Mar 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21848 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – One opposed to clergyman going round healing : CURATIVE
9-across – Tax imposed on car repairs and neckwear : CRAVAT
10-across – Dramatic scene at one point on vessel : SKETCH
11-across – Decorated, we hear, but charge too much : OVERLADE
12-across – Support for speculator : BEAR
13-across – Number of novel steps taken when war broke out : THIRTYNINE
15-across – Stupefied by artful goddess in bed : BEMUSED
16-across – Goes for record in pub game : DEPARTS
18-across – Rely on scrambled egg, say, to inspire poem : GRAYSELEGY
19-across – Condescend to sound like a dog : DANE
20-across – Romantic escapades, but sounding business-like : AFFAIRES
22-across – A through line is for the birds : AVIARY
23-across – Buy shares, though not fully covered, it seems : INVEST
24-across – Understood to be in assembly : GATHERED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Novel fruit found by European : HUCKLEBERRYFINN
2-down – City with least potenti-ality to produce literary masterpiece : CANTERBURYTALES
3-down – Conservatives present at that precise spot : RIGHTTHERE
4-down – Ask about one, a plant : BEGONIA
5-down – Account male responsible for continued pain : ACHE
6-down – Enter Queer Street to attack Dickens work : FALLONHARDTIMES
7-down – Bear getting fresh in London : PADDINGTONGREEN
14-down – Dramatic work produced by testy hands? : THEDYNASTS
17-down – Errand of sorcerer bearing letter : MESSAGE
21-down – Working cycle going up a hill : ROTA
This crossword has in total 24 where 14 are across and 10 are down.