This crossword No. 21924 clues and answers were published on Wed 14 Jun 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21924 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Scratch the match : LUCIFER
5-across – Shock features about dress : APPAREL
9-across – To reach this steep : SATURATIONPOINT
10-across – Yellow’s right in the firing line : OCHRE
11-across – Prove bad debtor’s beat : OVERPOWER
12-across – Put tight cover on ex-PM in quarters : ENSHEATHE
14-across – True alloy’s mixed : LOYAL
15-across – Boat-building, say? : CRAFT
16-across – Riot at charges to get in? : GATECRASH
18-across – A circular unit’s housing 100 idyllic peasants : ARCADIANS
21-across – Popular urban retreat – fields in the country : RURAL
22-across – What O is, if M is head of MI5? : SECONDINCOMMAND
23-across – Cosh used to provide protection : SANDBAG
24-across – Opening base sounds truly brilliant : SILVERY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Supple plant written up in fiction : LISSOME
2-down – Beasts trap Charlie Chan : CATCHASCATCHCAN
3-down – Stuffing’s knocked out of meercat : FORCEMEAT
4-down – Say, one to five in operation : RATIO
5-down – A sound declaration of intended reconciliation : ATONEMENT
6-down – Cub takes work that arises by itself : POPUP
7-down – Subject of engineer’s line drawing? : RAILWAYCARRIAGE
8-down – Coming after a little opening to the side : LATERAL
13-down – Material’s insulation value to grill : TOGRATING
14-down – ‘E’s out to leach rye meal of drops : LACHRYMAL
15-down – Short description of Princess Anne’s body? : CHASSIS
17-down – Billieês recess : HOLIDAY
19-down – 1Bow welcoming Orient’s rising star : DENEB
20-down – Swipes hose : SOCKS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.