This crossword No. 11198 clues and answers were published on Tue 28 Mar 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 11198 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Drink stirrer : SWIZZLESTICK
9-across – Part of the intestine – punctuation mark : COLON
10-across – Red : CRIMSON
11-across – Twelve during daylight : NOON
12-across – Malady : SICKNESS
14-across – Entry of large numbers : INFLUX
15-across – Force causing rotation : TORQUE
18-across – Responded : ANSWERED
20-across – Former Italian currency unit : LIRA
22-across – Hardening : INURING
23-across – Caribbean country : HAITI
24-across – Native of the Antipodes : NEWZEALANDER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Fairly rich : WELLOFF
3-down – Madcap : ZANY
4-down – Relating to milk : LACTIC
5-down – Something tied but easily undone : SLIPKNOT
6-down – Topic : ISSUE
7-down – Lucky Jim author : KINGSLEYAMIS
8-down – Swede, perhaps : SCANDINAVIAN
13-down – Childish : JUVENILE
16-down – Bitter compound used as a tonic : QUININE
17-down – Former province now divided between India and Bangladesh : BENGAL
19-down – Native American wife : SQUAW
21-down – Leg bone : SHIN
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.