This crossword No. 21949 clues and answers were published on Thu 13 Jul 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21949 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – I’d rejected truth about French to change Ray’s approach : DIFFRACT
5-across – On credit, at first, publisher had to make up for loss : RECOUP
9-across – Actor, maybe, has to look about right shape : PERFORMER
11-across – Society that is looking over an Italian location : SIENA
12-across – Mean to distance ourselves from position of the Sun : ASTRONOMICAL
15-across – What’s thin and red in the middle? : RARE
16-across – Organising parties, perhaps, in aid of the underprivileged : SOCIALWORK
18-across – Shelf of software affected by virus? : WINDOWSILL
19-across – Tend to be thin : LEAN
21-across – See 2 : EXTINGUISHER
24-across – In recalled era, it’s obviously a Roman port : OSTIA
25-across – Dare to put in an opinion, or steering clear? : AVOIDANCE
26-across – One often getting in a flap at home? : FELINE
27-across – Acting the gentleman, finally back every evenin : KNIGHTLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Information regarding drugs in general : DOPE
2-down – What the blazes do you need this for? : FIRE
3-down – Silly story about love, with ethnic overtones? : ROOTSY
4-down – Combs area – a wild dog in it? Pictures revealed it’s boxed in : CAMERAOBSCURA
6-down – Outfit made three points on unfinished logo : ENSEMBLE
7-down – No way is it 15 that’s done too much for the consumer : OVERCOOKED
8-down – Londoner geared up, as things are coming to a head about railway : PEARLYKING
10-down – Club’s open – in, or elsewhere, for something unusual to eat with? : RUNCIBLESPOON
13-down – Fed up with getting a tan at last? : BROWNEDOFF
14-down – In all, no more than two monkeys accounted for : GRANDTOTAL
17-down – Ben’s own Highland pony coming over : MOUNTAIN
20-down – Salt in this? Agonised perplexedly : SEADOG
22-down – See 12 : UNIT
23-down – Extremely brusque and very heartless women in company : BEVY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.