This crossword No. 21914 clues and answers were published on Fri 02 Jun 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21914 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – What imprisoned blacksmith did when cell door wouldn’t lock? : MADEABOLTFORIT
8-across – Coach tour, perhaps, on first Tuesday : TUTOR
9-across – Curse on flower box : EXECRATE
11-across – Direct speech : ADDRESS
12-across – Traveller with some over for fur supplier : TRAPPER
13-across – Lose faith in pleas? : LAPSE
15-across – Duck below bedcover : EIDERDOWN
17-across – Flat singer following steady course : EVENTENOR
20-across – Thanks to politician, first automated port in Florida : TAMPA
21-across – Believe credulously in bird : SWALLOW
23-across – Small patrol bringing in first roe-deer : PRICKET
25-across – Control precipitation after break : RESTRAIN
26-across – Receivers often showing other side of coin : VERSO
27-across – What jockeys should be prepared for in starred resorts? : STARTERSORDERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Accidentally use tiller and aim weapon? : MITRAILLEUSE
2-down – Old-fashioned American lawman and model journalist : DATED
3-down – Conformity to treaty : AGREEMENT
4-down – Supervise bishop’s position? : OBERSEE
5-down – Stood round and negotiated : TREATED
6-down – A core development in sheath : OCREA
7-down – Descriptive of member of upper class giving peak performance : INTOPFORM
10-down – Business deals over right answer to lawsuits : TRANSACTIONS
14-down – Widespread plant, ever-changing : PREVALENT
16-down – One who rescues a dog : RETRIEVER
18-down – Prison affording fresh opening : NEWGATE
19-down – Feels unhappy about trees : REPINES
22-down – Dead queen seen on a subsequent occasion : LATER
24-down – Irish foot-soldier needing some thicker neckwear : KERNE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.