This crossword No. 11892 clues and answers were published on Thu 19 Jun 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 11892 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Hire-purchase : NEVERNEVER
7-across – Moving force : IMPETUS
8-across – Hard-rinded fruit often used as container : GOURD
10-across – Count – give an account : TELL
11-across – Measure the extent of : QUANTIFY
13-across – Muslim ruler : SULTAN
15-across – Thin : VENEER
17-across – Humbug! : NONSENSE
18-across – Shed tears : WEEP
21-across – Dodge : EVADE
22-across – Regular unvarying course of action : ROUTINE
23-across – Unrelenting – prettiness : PERSISTENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Himalayan republic : NEPAL
2-down – Poll : VOTE
3-down – Deliver from danger : RESCUE
4-down – Designer of machinery, structures etc : ENGINEER
5-down – Learned : ERUDITE
6-down – Ability to perceive by intuition, clairvoyance etc : SIXTHSENSE
9-down – Beatles song – person on brief excursion : DAYTRIPPER
12-down – Without foundation : BASELESS
14-down – Ancestry : LINEAGE
16-down – Egyptian god of the underworld : OSIRIS
19-down – Expel : EVICT
20-down – Solid with only square faces : CUBE
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.