This crossword No. 21871 clues and answers were published on Thu 13 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21871 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Talk to dancers on golf course? : ADDRESSTHEBALL
8-across – Do a dance : TWIST
9-across – Take every precaution to measure out potassium content : MAKESURE
11-across – Small man backing boss on sacred lotus : NELUMBO
12-across – Very important mines worked by a novice : SEMINAL
13-across – See about men getting fruit : MELON
15-across – Puzzling about giant mice : ENIGMATIC
17-across – Not paid to be changeable? : UNSETTLED
20-across – Smooth journalists : PRESS
21-across – He doubts if unruly Picts would accept church : SCEPTIC
23-across – Somehow air tele-workshop : ATELIER
25-across – Hunt round before going in to this point : HEREUNTO
26-across – Heath, for example, with a Spaniard? : EGDON
27-across – Quickest way out of Lot’s wife’s reach : ASTHECROWFLIES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Do something unpremeditated, ie consult map, perhaps : ACTONIMPULSE
2-down – Exercise that may bore : DRILL
3-down – Site meant for small café! : ESTAMINET
4-down – VIP and certain individuals going about a long time : SOMEONE
5-down – Japanese artist’s last sketch – agreed America gets one : HEKUSAI
6-down – Lazy woman gets the brush : BESOM
7-down – Eyeglasses with no letter ‘g’? : LORGNETTE
10-down – Girl’s extra message about ring found in Australia : ALICESPRINGS
14-down – They pay attention to auditors : LISTENERS
16-down – Feel a palm becoming a Canadian symbol : MAPLELEAF
18-down – In a few words, it’s conical shaped : LACONIC
19-down – A bid, perhaps, to get loo regulated as a game : DIABOLO
22-down – Some debate ethical choice for consumers : TEETH
24-down – Kind of lemur living in dripping forests : INDRI
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.