This crossword No. 12402 clues and answers were published on Tue 09 Feb 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12402 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Not of the top group : SECONDCLASS
7-across – Part of a Venetian blind : SLAT
8-across – Instrument for removing water and dirt from windows and floors : SQUEEGEE
9-across – Flagged : DROOPED
11-across – Disorderly : ROWDY
13-across – Sinatra song : MYWAY
14-across – A sex web : BEESWAX
16-across – Pose : ATTITUDE
17-across – Suddenly see — bit of a tree : TWIG
18-across – Producing euphoria — beyond comprehension? : MINDBLOWING
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Improvised jazz singing : SCAT
2-down – Pernod flavouring : ANISEED
3-down – Person sent out to gain information : SCOUT
4-down – Famished : RAVENOUS
5-down – Arrangement of planets around a sun : SOLARSYSTEM
6-down – Quick modern way to find a partner? : SPEEDDATING
10-down – Great outbursts of applause : OVATIONS
12-down – Mature : DEVELOP
15-down – Elephant — large — jet : JUMBO
17-down – Pare : TRIM
This crossword has in total 20 where 10 are across and 10 are down.