This crossword No. 21920 clues and answers were published on Fri 09 Jun 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21920 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – King Charles holding miss tighter : CLOSER
5-across – Florence dominated by struggle : FLOUNDER
9-across – Set free none with soul in torment : UNLOOSEN
10-across – RAF man sitting inside only console : SOLACE
11-across – For reclining, his canoe is fixed with glue : CHAISELONGUE
13-across – Mother of Paris seen in lake : MERE
14-across – It’s essential to break tin with broad back : INTEGRAL
17-across – Summoning by bell, tense with suspicion : TINKLING
18-across – Uniform is unruffled : EVEN
20-across – Side of beef with cover for stargazers? : SILVERSCREEN
23-across – Is attractive when married with silver bag : MAGNET
24-across – Quick inspection long ago finished : ONCEOVER
25-across – Paper carrier? : NEWSGIRL
26-across – Allowed to imprison demon and hanger-on : LIMPET
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Stroke a crocodile? : LINE
3-down – Fleck on pattern of squares not covering everyone : SPOTCHECK
4-down – Fellow sun-god has short climb : RASCAL
5-down – Winding up poker players, perhaps, in girls’ establishment : FINISHINGSCHOOL
6-down – Being old, died single at half-term : OBSOLETE
7-down – Company longs to show what is in hosiery : NYLON
8-down – Shut up about our being fostered! : ENCOURAGED
12-down – Congratulate this cat: I feel it moving : FELICITATE
15-down – Ecological space for those off stage : GREENROOM
16-down – Baby-sitter bills holding up the books : LIBRETTI
19-down – Type of skirt, but where is the point of it? : PENCIL
21-down – At six, boy rises to get some plonk : VINOS
22-down – In this place he must join the Royal Engineers : HERE
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.