This crossword No. 21869 clues and answers were published on Tue 11 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21869 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Trendy expert attending a conference in Africa : INDABA
4-across – Keep mum quiet? That’s debatable on reflection! : SHTOOM
9-across – Usual procedure for dealing with complaints? : GENERALPRACTICE
10-across – Exclude number of Mozart’s works to put in another composer : BARTOK
11-across – Dramatic representation of year with poll involved : ROLEPLAY
12-across – Formal dress what’s needed – I bet casual is out : BLACKTIE
14-across – Main source of accommodation for retired people : MASTER
15-across – See 3 : STITCH
18-across – A US president joins king wearing graduate scarf : BABUSHKA
21-across – Sixes are significant – one seen at Lord’s? : VISCOUNT
22-across – Three consecutive letters with purpose to reduce tension? : DEFUSE
24-across – Angles straightened out in nurse’s bedside manner : HOSPITALCORNERS
25-across – In favour of international European currency : FORINT
26-across – Behaving unethically in morning exam : AMORAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Face changing sides? Sick about that – it’s a slippery slope : ICEFALL
2-down – Was resident being rude turning up temperature? : DWELT
3-down – Clear space and test out long piece of needlework : BLANKET
5-down – Poor actor having real trouble in Dutch venue : HAARLEM
6-down – They’re in deep, taking month over English version of opera) : OCTOPUSES
7-down – Type of handicraft club adopting computer facility : MECRAME
8-down – Particularly thin boxes, extremely fragile : SPARSE
13-down – Race up and act friskily : CUTACAPER
16-down – Go into decline as a result of dock strike? : TAILOFF
17-down – American source of extraterrestrial transmissions : HOUSTON
18-down – Serious conflict caused by temper – time left to intervene? : BATTLE
19-down – See 14 : BEDROOM
20-down – One’s likely to hover over half-demolished street in part of Hull : KESTREL
23-down – Someone demanding penalty is not so thick : FINER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.