This crossword No. 10605 clues and answers were published on Mon 03 May 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10605 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Meal : REPAST
4-across – Price demanded for release : RANSOM
9-across – Merit : DESERVE
10-across – Sound of hostile animal : GROWL
11-across – Perfume : SCENT
12-across – Leaf : LILYPAD
13-across – Display of couture : FASHIONSHOW
18-across – Poisonous weed : HEMLOCK
20-across – First Greek letter : ALPHA
22-across – US livestock farm : RANCH
23-across – Stingy person : NIGGARD
24-across – Like the Milky Way : STARRY
25-across – Hypnotic state : TRANCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Salad vegetable : RADISH
2-down – Group aiding lawman : POSSE
3-down – Elongate : STRETCH
5-down – Divine messenger : ANGEL
6-down – 8th sign of the zodiac : SCORPIO
7-down – Tune : MELODY
8-down – Instruments once associated with excommunication : BELLBOOKAND
14-down – Pungent gas : AMMONIA
15-down – Totter : STAGGER
16-down – Sing : CHORUS
17-down – See 8 : CANDLE
19-down – Different : OTHER
21-down – Unadorned : PLAIN
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.