This crossword No. 14500 clues and answers were published on Fri 28 Oct 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14500 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Stand-in educator : SUPPLYTEACHER
8-across – Negotiation between prosecutor and defendant : PLEA
9-across – Winch : WINDLASS
10-across – See 8 : BARGAINING
12-across – It sucks your blood while you sleep : BEDBUG
14-across – Rock up and down : SEESAW
15-across – Gradually faded away : EVAPORATED
19-across – Line of cars waiting to to hired : TAXIRANK
20-across – Open land covered with heather and bracken : MOOR
21-across – Where the Crown Jewels are kept : TOWEROFLONDON
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Kind of petrol : UNLEADED
3-down – Crash : PRANG
4-down – Wide open : YAWNING
5-down – Tedium : ENNUI
6-down – Perfumed liquid : COLOGNE
7-down – Otherwise : ELSE
11-down – Lombardy holiday area, favoured by George Clooney and Madonna : LAKECOMO
13-down – Home to a queen : BEEHIVE
14-down – Underwater breathing tube : SNORKEL
16-down – Texas mission taken by Mexican forces in 1836 : ALAMO
17-down – Paperwork : ADMIN
18-down – 1949 military alliance : NATO
This crossword has in total 22 where 10 are across and 12 are down.