This crossword No. 21712 clues and answers were published on Sat 09 Oct 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21712 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bad dress rehearsal? Then there’s another thing – l-light’s out! : ALLRIGHTONTHE
10-across – Prepared to drive without trousers, for all the world to see : TELEVISED
11-across – See 1 : NIGHT
12-across – Recently elevated to indoor post : NEWEL
13-across – Provide me with 50-tonner for the making of joined-up characters : ENROLMENT
14-across – Religious revellers – this includes one American : THIASUS
16-across – Drink embracing a couple returning from fertility god : PRIAPUS
18-across – First lady’s got meat in place of plums : EVESHAM
20-across – Co-operation to show New York’s grey : SYNERGY
21-across – Fabulous bird on the hill: time for Tommy, perhaps : ROCKOPERA
23-across – Bill’s in employment with sheep : JACOB
24-across – Lanolin at a loss in Virginia : WOOLF
25-across – Composer to put on inches and a greater measure : ADDINSELL
26-across – Say part of the word for special delivery : EXPRESSLETTER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – … for the boys I yell with horribly : LILYWHITE
3-down – … for more than this 5 in retreat from below : RIVAL
4-down – … for their makers: leave a lot of enchantments : GOSPELS
5-down – Die, sadly, during excursion – a current affair : TIDERIP
6-down – Large number or small number, nothing to a celebrity : NONILLION
7-down – William of Orange? : HAGUE
8-down – Exclamation applied to scenes worth broadcasting : STONETHECROWS
9-down – Standing at the door after 2, 3 and 4, they are shown off : STATUSSYMBOLS
15-down – Some fish forks partly caught in a shoe by the 3s’ companion : SCHOOLFOR
17-down – Let Dad run round with spirit : PARACLETE
19-down – Despicable commercials for audience of 14 : MAENADS
20-down – See 15 : SCANDAL
22-down – Pastry? Tell it to go away! : CHOUX
23-down – Article grasped by black girl : JANET
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.