This crossword No. 11706 clues and answers were published on Tue 13 Nov 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 11706 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Book by Defoe : MOLL
3-across – See 1 : FLANDERS
8-across – Fleet : NAVY
9-across – South American capital city : ASUNCION
11-across – Eating place : RESTAURANT
14-across – Book by Thackeray : VANITY
15-across – Kingdom of Middle England : MERCIA
17-across – Further tremor following quake : AFTERSHOCK
20-across – Characteristics handed down from ancestors : HEREDITY
21-across – See 14 : FAIR
22-across – Training college for priests : SEMINARY
23-across – Pile : HEAP
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Tree growing in swamps : MANGROVE
2-down – Chanson d’amour : LOVESONG
4-down – Renown – sheen : LUSTRE
5-down – Down-to-earth : NONONSENSE
6-down – Way out : EXIT
7-down – Decline – in the kitchen : SINK
10-down – Book by Steinbeck : EASTOFEDEN
12-down – Award, originally of knighthood : ACCOLADE
13-down – Against which action is played out : BACKDROP
16-down – Rankle : FESTER
18-down – So : THUS
19-down – Tot : DRAM
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.