This crossword No. 11932 clues and answers were published on Tue 05 Aug 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 11932 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – What induces one to take a certain action : MOTIVE
4-across – Group protecting strikers : PICKET
8-across – Giver : DONOR
9-across – German painter : HOLBEIN
10-across – Enthusiasm : FERVOUR
11-across – Straightedge : RULER
12-across – Highest peak in the Alps : MONTBLANC
17-across – Italian explorer : CABOT
19-across – With mistrustful look : ASKANCE
21-across – Having blotches of colour : MOTTLED
22-across – Put right : AMEND
23-across – Congenital : INNATE
24-across – Innocently happy : BLITHE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Change slightly to fit : MODIFY
2-down – Günter Grass novel : TINDRUM
3-down – Sign of the zodiac : VIRGO
5-down – Ancient Adriatic region, scene of Twelfth Night : ILLYRIA
6-down – Assume submissive posture : KNEEL
7-down – Possession of office or property : TENURE
9-down – Stiff sheet : HARDBOARD
13-down – Very little, as they say : NOTALOT
14-down – Bring together : CONNECT
15-down – Prawns, usually fried : SCAMPI
16-down – Interfere : MEDDLE
18-down – Conductor’s wand : BATON
20-down – African hutted village : KRAAL
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.