This crossword No. 10453 clues and answers were published on Wed 05 Nov 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10453 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Play – Mrs Ford and Mrs Page : THEMERRYWIVES
8-across – Half a loaf is preferable to this : NOBREAD
9-across – Flower of the primrose family : OXLIP
10-across – Wind instrument : OBOE
11-across – Wintry missile – demonised by 17 : SNOWBALL
13-across – Roll in the mud : WALLOW
14-across – Flower arrangement : WREATH
17-across – Corsican conqueror : NAPOLEON
19-across – Marie Antoinette’s solution to 8 : CAKE
21-across – Nasal cavity : SINUS
22-across – Wander idly : MEANDER
24-across – Great technical skill : ROCKETSCIENCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Metal – container : TIN
2-down – Involve : EMBROIL
3-down – Early garden – Cornish project : EDEN
4-down – Animal such as a mouse : RODENT
5-down – Things come crawling out of it : WOODWORK
6-down – Russian river : VOLGA
7-down – Tomb : SEPULCHRE
10-down – See 1 across : OFWINDSOR
12-down – Come together : COALESCE
15-down – Lad with lamp : ALADDIN
16-down – The universe – a daisy : COSMOS
18-down – Terror : PANIC
20-down – Indian dress : SARI
23-down – Grain – whiskey : RYE
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.