This crossword No. 21886 clues and answers were published on Mon 01 May 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21886 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Broken car phone in Escort : CHAPERON
5-across – Thief’s unusual charm : FETISH
9-across – Touching display of regal appreciation : ACCOLADE
10-across – Season well : SPRING
11-across – Result of strikes in the metal industry : CLANGOUR
12-across – Fiction project about Shakespearean heroine : JULIET
14-across – Summarised and withdrawn : ABSTRACTED
18-across – A fight, but nobody is charged : FREEFORALL
22-across – A fighting man, I go to join up : SOLDER
23-across – Encourages a boy to have a light meal : EGGSALAD
24-across – Agree to take the throne : ACCEDE
25-across – Books for the opera : LIBRETTI
26-across – Possibly run and see to make certain : ENSURE
27-across – Presumably he was prepared for his main tasks : SEASCOUT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Risk not completing part of the church : CHANCE
2-down – A king can’t recollect trigonometrical function : ARCTAN
3-down – It may be said to be highly complimentary : EULOGY
4-down – Rare biblical book required to make up a set, perhaps : ODDNUMBERS
6-down – Organising Sue’s opal wedding : ESPOUSAL
7-down – Begin to explain what I did at the restaurant : INITIATE
8-down – Top rise forecast for seamen : HIGHTIDE
13-down – One growing up in a cave : STALAGMITE
15-down – Where prompt action is requested : OFFSTAGE
16-down – Inferior tufts of horsehair : FETLOCKS
17-down – The culprit’s proposal about the outcome : OFFENDER
19-down – Extra large flag featuring Egyptian god : OSIRIS
20-down – Open bottle before the game, get drunk : BLOTTO
21-down – One habitually taking things did wrong in law : ADDICT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.