This crossword No. 12175 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 May 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12175 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Great piece of creative writing : CLASSIC
8-across – Placed in direct contact with : AGAINST
9-across – Of a civic dignitary : MAYORAL
10-across – Towards the side : LATERAL
11-across – Church passageway : AISLE
13-across – Guy Fawkes’s kind of barrel? : POWDERKEG
15-across – Church officer in charge of sacred vessels etc : SACRISTAN
18-across – Layer of living skin below the surface : DERMA
21-across – English actor and director, died 1989 : OLIVIER
22-across – Knobbly and twisted : GNARLED
23-across – Actions producing a response : STIMULI
24-across – Fiasco : DEBACLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Punctuation mark : COMMA
2-down – Deep chasm : ABYSS
3-down – Done by stealth : SURREPTITIOUS
4-down – Immature : CALLOW
5-down – Wattlework plastered with mud once used as building material : WATTLEANDDAUB
6-down – Waterproof jacket : ANORAK
7-down – German camp for POWs : STALAG
12-down – US state : IOWA
14-down – Test : EXAM
15-down – Liverpudlian : SCOUSE
16-down – Professional judge : CRITIC
17-down – Swollen — tediously pompous : TURGID
19-down – Object of historic interest : RELIC
20-down – Go rotten : ADDLE
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.