This crossword No. 11473 clues and answers were published on Wed 14 Feb 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 11473 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Liking for something at first considered unpleasant : ACQUIREDTASTE
8-across – Be in debt : OWE
9-across – Sleep-inducing : SOPORIFIC
10-across – Easily identifiable monument, for example : LANDMARK
11-across – Put under the hatches : STOW
13-across – Exotic bloom : ORCHID
14-across – Decent : SEEMLY
16-across – Belonging to you : YOUR
17-across – Circulars etc : JUNKMAIL
20-across – Quickly : POSTHASTE
21-across – Holder of the Ashes? : URN
22-across – Avocado : ALLIGATORPEAR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bikini, perhaps : ATOLL
2-down – Senior barrister, entitled to wear a silk gown : QUEENSCOUNSEL
3-down – Sleeplessness : INSOMNIA
4-down – Wide dominion : EMPIRE
5-down – Laid grass : TURF
6-down – Action designed to provide protection : SAFETYMEASURE
7-down – Type of bet : EACHWAY
12-down – Ties : NECKWEAR
13-down – Grecian plain, Zeus’s chief sanctuary : OLYMPIA
15-down – Beginning : OUTSET
18-down – Of our only natural satellite : LUNAR
19-down – Seventeenth century politician : WHIG
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.