This crossword No. 9695 clues and answers were published on Wed 30 May 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9695 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Upright with net attached : GOALPOST
5-across – Border : EDGE
9-across – Tree producing syrup : MAPLE
10-across – Seeming to have always been so : AGELONG
11-across – Bulge : PROTUBERANCE
13-across – Small savoury : CANAPE
14-across – Swift : SPEEDY
17-across – Voting method here from 1872 : SECRETBALLOT
20-across – So that anyone can see : OVERTLY
21-across – Test : TRIAL
22-across – Waves for riding : SURF
23-across – Toothless mammal : EDENTATE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Sport – amusement : GAME
2-down – Pain-killing drug : ASPIRIN
3-down – Twee : PRETTYPRETTY
4-down – Down-at-heel : SHABBY
6-down – Immerse : DROWN
7-down – Keenness of vision : EAGLEEYE
8-down – Relating to large cities : METROPOLITAN
12-down – Cutting implement : SCISSORS
15-down – Amatory literature : EROTICA
16-down – What She must be : OBEYED
18-down – Applaud – encourage : CHEER
19-down – Otherwise : ELSE
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.