This crossword No. 9271 clues and answers were published on Wed 19 Jan 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9271 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Immediately : ATONCE
4-across – Danger : HAZARD
9-across – Continual routine competitive activity : RATRACE
10-across – Precise – demand : EXACT
11-across – Surrounded by : AMONG
12-across – Understand – cash in : REALISE
13-across – Good news : GLADTIDINGS
18-across – Recorded – snub : PUTDOWN
20-across – Sweet – nonsense : FUDGE
22-across – Pledge, especially of marriage : TROTH
23-across – Exercise – period : STRETCH
24-across – Over there : YONDER
25-across – Saunter : STROLL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Out of doors – in foreign parts : ABROAD
2-down – Excel : OUTDO
3-down – Altered – substituted : CHANGED
5-down – Stadium : ARENA
6-down – Astounding : AMAZING
7-down – Be indecisive : DITHER
8-down – Give testimony : BEARWITNESS
14-down – Failed – deflate : LETDOWN
15-down – Doomed to receive trouble : INFORIT
16-down – Indifference : APATHY
17-down – Deadly : LETHAL
19-down – Yellow-orange pigment : OCHRE
21-down – The same : DITTO
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.