This crossword No. 10422 clues and answers were published on Tue 30 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10422 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Easily shocked by blood and gore : SQUEAMISH
8-across – Hawaiian dance : HULA
9-across – Shrove Tuesday festival : MARDIGRAS
10-across – Smutty : LEWD
13-across – Poison – spite : VENOM
15-across – Young foreign person offering domestic help in exchange for lodgings : AUPAIR
16-across – Furry, literary Wimbledon Common resident : WOMBLE
17-across – Barrack : HECKLE
19-across – Mountain range : SIERRA
20-across – Walk leisurely : AMBLE
21-across – Member of a South African tribe : ZULU
24-across – Deliverance from evil : SALVATION
25-across – Piccadilly hotel : RITZ
26-across – Device emitting a thick cloud when let off : SMOKEBOMB
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – One of four of the same birth : QUAD
3-down – Swirl of water : EDDY
4-down – Violent street thief : MUGGER
5-down – Dark shape : SHADOW
6-down – German printer of a 15th century Bible : GUTENBERG
7-down – Kind of moustache : HANDLEBAR
11-down – At random : HAPHAZARD
12-down – Guess without knowing the facts : SPECULATE
13-down – Musical instrument Twelfth Night character : VIOLA
14-down – Film : MOVIE
18-down – Preserve a body : EMBALM
19-down – Native of Bratislava, for instance : SLOVAK
22-down – End of a cheque or a cigarette : STUB
23-down – Period of prosperity – explosive sound – sailing boat’s spar : BOOM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.