This crossword No. 21948 clues and answers were published on Wed 12 Jul 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21948 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Film box office, first to be installed : CARTOON
5-across – Refuse to boast about having to grow old : GARBAGE
10-across – Perfect student dropped off, it’s thought! : IDEA
11-across – Rides here just run on shore : FAIRGROUND
12-across – Man admits good books will be somehow stimulating : EROTIC
13-across – Dealer caught by animal trainer : CHANDLER
14-across – Charming listener coming in close : ENDEARING
16-across – Authority takes £2 for an excursion : SALLY
17-across – Point to firm sailors showing derision : SCORN
19-across – Drunk I’ve fed, etc is not working : DEFECTIVE
23-across – Falls which can blur one’s vision : CATARACT
24-across – The missing saint story is just supposition : THEORY
26-across – People could be seen to somewhere in Kent : FOLKESTONE
27-across – Piano is left in back, an oversight : SLIP
28-across – Cautious pair, you said, tend to go mad : PRUDENT
29-across – Trainee to dust round hospital department : STUDENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Soon to grab free-standing firedog : ANDIRON
3-down – Characteristic cunning overturned it : TRAIT
4-down – Policemen in charge in advance : OFFICER
6-down – New Age Ena reaches an arm of the Mediterranean : AEGEAN
7-down – Radio cab travelling around one thoroughfare and another : BROADCAST
8-down – Well-bred fellow, a sometimes shocking swimmer : GENTEEL
9-down – Innocent disco dancing leads to separation : DISCONNECTION
15-down – Are badly stained, but set aside for future use : EARMARKED
18-down – Uproar first caused by Latin love affair : CLAMOUR
20-down – Beg soldiers to go into a tent when changing : ENTREAT
21-down – Type is accepted by no vicar standing : VERSION
22-down – Half of parish wants a young male priest! : PARSON
25-down – After getting rid of cold, stopped and relaxed : EASED
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.