This crossword No. 21965 clues and answers were published on Tue 01 Aug 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21965 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Despite the title, Falling Leaves is still a popular song : EVERGREEN
10-across – Vale in Provence : ADIEU
11-across – Recluse using Early English timer : EREMITE
12-across – Stir with black parsley, say : POTHERB
13-across – Exploits followed by Romans : ACTS
14-across – Author who wrote pricy composition : COPYWRITER
15-across – Crazy party or show : PORTRAY
17-across – A neat thief, but a noisy one : RUSTLER
19-across – Looking for hospital accommodation later : AFTERWARDS
22-across – Shock! Heads of State take up nationalisation : STUN
23-across – Trade vehicles : TRAFFIC
24-across – Find a hunter at sea : UNEARTH
26-across – Reason one lost at Oxford : CAUSE
27-across – Carmen, say, galvanised into action : OPERATION
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Where Gordon went for common operation? : GENERALPRACTICE
2-down – Maverick red steer’s a runaway : DESERTER
3-down – Nasty sounding mongrel in the citrus grove : UGLI
4-down – Show one mercy somehow : CEREMONY
5-down – Fashionable and exotic p-pansy : SNAPPY
6-down – US state with rolling russet meadows : PASTURES
7-down – Express train : DIRECT
8-down – 999, say – grinding job for a PC : NUMBERCRUNCHING
16-down – Thin crackers are fried : RAREFIED
17-down – Gunners issued malfunctioning arms : RADIUSES
18-down – I cut girl out of church ritual : LITURGIC
20-down – Where a storm leaves copper positive? : TEACUP
21-down – Moor in Venetian chorus : ANCHOR
25-down – Style of the Spanish and Anglo-Norman : ELAN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.