This crossword No. 10396 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10396 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Unkempt, disreputable child : RAGAMUFFIN
7-across – Time for resolutions? : NEWYEAR
8-across – Before : UNTIL
10-across – Skin complaint : ACNE
11-across – Get off one’s horse : DISMOUNT
13-across – Novelist, who wrote… : GRAHAM
15-across – See 13 : GREENE
17-across – … hard cylindrical sweet from the seaside : BRIGHTON
18-across – See 17 : ROCK
21-across – Feel or express triumph : EXULT
22-across – Many-sided figure : POLYGON
23-across – Where fowls are kept : CHICKENRUN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Tree – archbishop : ROWAN
2-down – Mirth – part song : GLEE
3-down – Martyred civil rights leader : MARTIN
4-down – Meaningless pomp : FLUMMERY
5-down – Gatecrash : INTRUDE
6-down – Abstract – hard to grasp : INTANGIBLE
9-down – See 3 : LUTHERKING
12-down – Sad – hopeless : PATHETIC
14-down – Bearing : AZIMUTH
16-down – Pair : COUPLE
19-down – Musical instrument : ORGAN
20-down – Indistinct object : BLUR
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.