This crossword No. 21854 clues and answers were published on Fri 24 Mar 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21854 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Goes and has veins treated : VANISHES
9-across – The favoured way to cover the ground is on foot : INSTEP
10-across – Not at all happy about cold fish : SCAD
11-across – Supplying these with water could be dear : SWEETHEART
12-across – Split about holidays : CLEAVE
14-across – Sort of protection for a strikebreaker going back far from cheerful : SCABBARD
15-across – A quarter went about getting built up : STACKED
17-across – Strives for discipline in sea-going craft : STRAINS
20-across – He’ll prove to be wrong concerning dairy farm produce : REBUTTER
22-across – Songs, the content of which rallied Erik the Red’s men : LIEDER
23-across – Tale-tellers’ objective : CANTERBURY
24-across – There’s little money – iniquitous but that has to be swallowed : PILL
25-across – Pressure the French and a French denial will result : LEANON
26-across – Put off deals – she is without capital : HEADLESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Make a hole in fortune as a knight : LANCELOT
2-down – Object to the judgment : MIND
3-down – Tea set, unusually without embellishment : CHASTE
4-down – Abuse makes a point in itself : ASPERSE
5-down – Many is the brochure written to beguile : DISTRACT
6-down – Sages blame bad company : ASSEMBLAGE
7-down – Taking offence after causal shirt causes consternation : TERROR
13-down – Short article cannot include European aristocracy, one figures : ACCOUNTANT
16-down – Install as the ruling chairman : ENTHRONE
18-down – Rouses sleepy-head when it’s not really called for : NEEDLESS
19-down – Shortage the debtor has a duty to make up : DROUGHT
21-down – The remover takes ages over royal insignia : ERASER
22-down – A manly revolutionary, but not a professional : LAYMAN
24-down – Soft drink for the colourless : PALE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.