This crossword No. 9400 clues and answers were published on Sat 17 Jun 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9400 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Blasphemous travesty of a Christian service : BLACKMASS
8-across – Farm – money drawer : TILL
9-across – Fried cake of minced beef : HAMBURGER
10-across – Record : DISC
13-across – Deserve : MERIT
15-across – Deadly : LETHAL
16-across – Club : CUDGEL
17-across – Frank : CANDID
19-across – Bog : MORASS
20-across – Havana, perhaps : CIGAR
21-across – Calibre of gun – nuisance : BORE
24-across – Proclamation : STATEMENT
25-across – Ballad : SONG
26-across – Place on road where accidents often occur : BLACKSPOT
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Soft, heavy metal : LEAD
3-down – Raise to the third power : CUBE
4-down – Wonder : MARVEL
5-down – Picturesque : SCENIC
6-down – Speaking two languages : BILINGUAL
7-down – Boycott : BLACKLIST
11-down – Dick Turpin’s horse : BLACKBESS
12-down – Travelling from place to place : ITINERANT
13-down – Sorcery : MAGIC
14-down – Teacher : TUTOR
18-down – Vaporise and condense : DISTIL
19-down – Gum from trees : MASTIC
22-down – Hebrew prophet : AMOS
23-down – Unfasten – ruin : UNDO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.