This crossword No. 9565 clues and answers were published on Fri 29 Dec 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9565 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Its head is the Pope : ROMANCATHOLIC
8-across – Male deer : STAG
9-across – Pledged to abstain from alcohol : TEETOTAL
10-across – Animosity : BITTERNESS
12-across – See 1 : CHURCH
14-across – Strike repeatedly : PUMMEL
15-across – Cause of food poisoning : SALMONELLA
19-across – Admit into closed society – beginner : INITIATE
20-across – Skin problem : ACNE
21-across – Was unwilling to commit oneself : SATONTHEFENCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Completely – undisputed : OUTRIGHT
3-down – Nonspecific sense of anxiety : ANGST
4-down – Inflammation of a mucous membrane : CATARRH
5-down – He met : THEME
6-down – Small Australian marsupial : OPOSSUM
7-down – First tsar of Russia : IVAN
11-down – Pertaining to the inhabitants of Greece : HELLENIC
13-down – Rice dish : RISOTTO
14-down – One under another’s patronage : PROTEGE
16-down – Smallest : LEAST
17-down – Avoid : EVADE
18-down – Former Indian coin : ANNA
This crossword has in total 22 where 10 are across and 12 are down.