This crossword No. 10995 clues and answers were published on Tue 02 Aug 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10995 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Chief : MAIN
3-across – Vigilant : WATCHFUL
8-across – Sound quality : TONE
9-across – Gym shoe : PLIMSOLL
11-across – Insistently noisy : VOCIFEROUS
14-across – Make trivial adjustments – itinerant tradesman : TINKER
15-across – Shrewd – perceptive : ASTUTE
17-across – Where to find the meaning of life, for example! : DICTIONARY
20-across – Facial decoration showing hostile intent : WARPAINT
21-across – Very small : TINY
22-across – Titled person : NOBLEMAN
23-across – Dull, heavy sound : THUD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Give incentive to : MOTIVATE
2-down – Blameless : INNOCENT
4-down – Attractiveness : ALLURE
5-down – Strong irrational impulse : COMPULSION
6-down – Base – unit of measurement : FOOT
7-down – Fleur-de-lis : LILY
10-down – Visual sensation despite the cessation of the stimulus : AFTERIMAGE
12-down – Food from the sea : TUNAFISH
13-down – Naively romantic : DEWYEYED
16-down – Part of poem : STANZA
18-down – One of two conceived simultaneously : TWIN
19-down – Food from the sea : CRAB
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.