This crossword No. 10853 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Feb 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10853 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Path of a bullet or missile : TRAJECTORY
7-across – Person temporarily resting : REPOSER
8-across – Passing odour : WHIFF
10-across – Tool with an arched blade : ADZE
11-across – Abstention from carnal activity : CHASTITY
13-across – Overtaken by someone a circuit ahead : LAPPED
15-across – Small boat : DINGHY
17-across – Cross : CRUCIFIX
18-across – Little – car : MINI
21-across – Penniless : SKINT
22-across – Noise of a wellie in mud : SQUELCH
23-across – Clumsy person : CLODHOPPER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Yellow or pale blue gem : TOPAZ
2-down – And : ALSO
3-down – Coarse : EARTHY
4-down – Urban area for non-whites in South Africa under apartheid : TOWNSHIP
5-down – Complaining – fence : RAILING
6-down – Jamaican hairstyle : DREADLOCKS
9-down – Unreliable : FLYBYNIGHT
12-down – Struggled against : RESISTED
14-down – Of rainfall : PLUVIAL
16-down – Ludicrous failure : FIASCO
19-down – Lazy person : IDLER
20-down – Leap : JUMP
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.