This crossword No. 12387 clues and answers were published on Fri 22 Jan 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12387 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Eastern temple : PAGODA
4-across – Frolic : CAPER
7-across – Large East Mediterranean island : CYPRUS
8-across – Fairy king : OBERON
9-across – Long upholstered seat : SOFA
10-across – Classify — Iron Ages : ORGANISE
12-across – Polygraph : LIEDETECTOR
17-across – Drifting ocean organisms : PLANKTON
19-across – Frolic : ROMP
20-across – Capital of Iran : TEHRAN
21-across – Organism having life : ANIMAL
22-across – Examines or detects by smelling : NOSES
23-across – Coming : ADVENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – List of employees and earnings : PAYROLL
2-down – Refuse — a beggar : GARBAGE
3-down – Deceitful — hedonists : DISHONEST
4-down – Venomous snake : COBRA
5-down – Colonnade in front of a building : PORTICO
6-down – Give brickwork a coat of plaster : RENDER
11-down – US work and residence permit for foreign nationals : GREENCARD
13-down – Reduced to dust by burning : INASHES
14-down – Oval earthenware dish, used eg for pâtés : TERRINE
15-down – Defensive wall of a castle : RAMPART
16-down – Precisely what’s required : SPOTON
18-down – English poet, 1795-1821 : KEATS
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.