This crossword No. 9452 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Aug 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9452 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – In confidence : OFFTHERECORD
9-across – A dead language : LATIN
10-across – Noblewoman : PEERESS
11-across – Light yellow – polishing pad : BUFF
12-across – Music writer : COMPOSER
14-across – Make indirect reference : ALLUDE
15-across – Deer with much-branched antlers : WAPITI
18-across – Suave : DEBONAIR
20-across – Drop : FALL
22-across – Suppose : IMAGINE
23-across – Foreigner : ALIEN
24-across – Parking area for aeroplanes : HARDSTANDING
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Prophetic : FATEFUL
3-down – Prime Minister of the UK : TONY
4-down – Hire : EMPLOY
5-down – Typical specimen : EXEMPLAR
6-down – Divisions of a cricket match : OVERS
7-down – Remote tropical place – lets adders in : DESERTISLAND
8-down – Three or more slices of bread with fillings : CLUBSANDWICH
13-down – Tissue at back of nose : ADENOIDS
16-down – Person from Rome, say : ITALIAN
17-down – Picture house : CINEMA
19-down – See 3 : BLAIR
21-down – Very tiny grains of rock : SAND
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.