This crossword No. 9159 clues and answers were published on Thu 09 Sep 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9159 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Itinerant : PERIPATETIC
7-across – Shut violently : SLAM
8-across – Title of clergyman : REVEREND
9-across – Teach : EDUCATE
11-across – Corner joint – bishop’s hat : MITRE
13-across – Gamble – with brush! : SWEEP
14-across – Collection of public records etc : ARCHIVE
16-across – Friendly : AMICABLE
17-across – History : BUNK
18-across – Don’t give up : NEVERSAYDIE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Percussion instrument : DRUM
2-down – Hard liquor : SPIRITS
3-down – Cooker : STOVE
4-down – Asteroid : STARFISH
5-down – Pithecanthropus Dawsonii : PILTDOWNMAN
6-down – Gadget : CONTRIVANCE
10-down – Using compulsion : COERCIVE
12-down – Road without tolls : FREEWAY
15-down – Stop prematurely : ABORT
17-down – Augur : BODE
This crossword has in total 20 where 10 are across and 10 are down.