This crossword No. 12156 clues and answers were published on Sat 25 Apr 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12156 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Winning chess position : CHECKMATE
8-across – Rise to a great height : SOAR
9-across – Cramp tightly : CONSTRICT
10-across – Villein : SERF
13-across – Inundation : FLOOD
15-across – Take no notice of : IGNORE
16-across – A sibling’s child : NEPHEW
17-across – Scope : EXTENT
19-across – Music-playing equipment giving depth of sound : STEREO
20-across – Arboreal marsupial : KOALA
21-across – Animal enclosure with bars : CAGE
24-across – Having eight sides : OCTAGONAL
25-across – Old stringed instrument : LUTE
26-across – Break the continuity of : INTERRUPT
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Piece of bent material to suspend, catch fish etc : HOOK
3-down – Barrel : CASK
4-down – Rock used for building and sculpture : MARBLE
5-down – Magnate : TYCOON
6-down – Area between high and low water marks : FORESHORE
7-down – Timber washed up by sea : DRIFTWOOD
11-down – Flaky deposit in kettle : LIMESCALE
12-down – Urge on — teasing it : INSTIGATE
13-down – Candid : FRANK
14-down – Fragmented estuary : DELTA
18-down – Bird with colourful bill : TOUCAN
19-down – Dishonest or immoral doings : SLEAZE
22-down – Tip liquid from container : POUR
23-down – Slightly wet : DAMP
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.