This crossword No. 14718 clues and answers were published on Mon 10 Jul 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14718 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Belt along : ZOOM
3-across – Excessive sentimentality : SCHMALTZ
8-across – A, B or C, for example — short message : NOTE
9-across – Caviare fish : STURGEON
11-across – Relentless : INEXORABLE
14-across – On fire : ABLAZE
15-across – Pungent green root used in Japanese cookery : WASABI
17-across – Sad but funny : TRAGICOMIC
20-across – : AQUILINE
21-across – Architect of St Paul’s Cathedral : WREN
22-across – Of the twelve signs : ZODIACAL
23-across – German engineer, first to build a patented car, d. 1929 : BENZ
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Island part of Tanzania : ZANZIBAR
2-down – Honestly : ONTHESLY
4-down – Forty winks : CATNAP
5-down – John Nash-designed landmark at northeast corner of Hyde Park : MARBLEARCH
6-down – German song : LIED
7-down – Energy — high-pitched buzz : ZING
10-down – White Italian cheese : MOZZARELLA
12-down – Tropical plant with unbranched trunk : PALMTREE
13-down – Nose-gripping specs : PINCENEZ
16-down – East African country, capital Kampala : UGANDA
18-down – Improvised, syncopated music : JAZZ
19-down – Wad of chewing tobacco : QUID
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.