This crossword No. 21923 clues and answers were published on Tue 13 Jun 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21923 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Girl embracing friend and mum in holiday location : LASPALMAS
10-across – Hesitation about wanting rogue to come back : RECUR
11-across – Short-tempered with prices falling? : BEARISH
12-across – Workers, perhaps, associated with religious organisations : INSECTS
13-across – Arab who may be taken aback by frost : EMIR
14-across – A brawl without anyone facing charges? : FREEFORALL
16-across – Something that may have damaged tree endlessly, small thing : TERMITE
17-across – Harmful female restricted by man in charge : MALEFIC
19-across – Deeply religious friend agog after conversion : GODFEARING
22-across – Valley – and not in England somehow! : GLEN
24-across – What may give campers a night out with the stars? : BIVOUAC
25-across – We tots, moving to piano, dance : TWOSTEP
26-across – Foreign city that can’t quite offer enough for sect member : ESSEN
27-across – Rejection of motorway has male entering individual tree : PERSIMMON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Feminist, perhaps, in newspaper, one to expose publicly as silly gossip : FLIBBERTIGIBBET
2-down – Rip easel apart, making new framework : ESPALIER
3-down – Husband rather displaying a uniform response : HABIT
4-down – A battered hamper containing round jars : AMPHORAE
5-down – Hope is what a church may have : ASPIRE
6-down – Realist to upset philosopher : ARISTOTLE
7-down – Bill joins a security organisation – it has a number of branches : ACACIA
8-down – Various beetles in crop and in tree : BRISTLECONEPINE
15-down – Poet has pretension over hair : SIDEBURNS
17-down – Threatening minister: a member of the Opposition? : MINATORY
18-down – Like many a worker when the whistle goes : FULLTIME
20-down – Strip club of low repute on the street : DIVEST
21-down – Plan fully developed to bypass city area : RECIPE
23-down – One inside betrayed firm : SOLID
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.