This crossword No. 9511 clues and answers were published on Wed 25 Oct 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9511 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Frame for carrying the dead : BIER
3-across – Method of training horses to do manoeuvres : DRESSAGE
8-across – Warning – grotto : CAVE
9-across – Small lobster-shaped animal : SCORPION
11-across – Archipelago, largest island is Cuba : WESTINDIES
14-across – Sorrow for something done : REGRET
15-across – Die of hunger : STARVE
17-across – Resigns : STANDSDOWN
20-across – Obstructed – delayed : HINDERED
21-across – Military cap : KEPI
22-across – Purity : CHASTITY
23-across – Run off : FLEE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bashful – in reverse : BACKWARD
2-down – Visualise – vine’s age : ENVISAGE
4-down – Ebb : RECEDE
5-down – Audition of prospective actor : SCREENTEST
6-down – Enthusiastic : AVID
7-down – Sea eagle : ERNE
10-down – Minor thoroughfare : SIDESTREET
12-down – Tree-dwelling : ARBOREAL
13-down – For the moment : MEANTIME
16-down – Introduce : INJECT
18-down – Fashionable : CHIC
19-down – Former Indian coin : ANNA
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.