This crossword No. 12170 clues and answers were published on Tue 12 May 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12170 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Raucous cry : SQUAWK
4-across – Storehouse : DEPOT
7-across – To do with seeing : VISUAL
8-across – Give satisfaction to : PLEASE
9-across – Body with six equal square faces : CUBE
10-across – Nosy parker : BUSYBODY
12-across – Difficult situation : PREDICAMENT
17-across – Fascinate : INTRIGUE
19-across – Fuel from the bog : PEAT
20-across – Irritable — quick — fashionable : SNAPPY
21-across – Expenditure : OUTLAY
22-across – Song : DITTY
23-across – Breakwater : GROYNE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Steep winter sports track : SKIJUMP
2-down – Small Hawaiian guitar : UKULELE
3-down – Health : WELLBEING
4-down – Waste time : DALLY
5-down – Military unit : PLATOON
6-down – Method of colouring garment in which it is knotted : TIEDYE
11-down – Service entrance to theatre : STAGEDOOR
13-down – Take back : RETRACT
14-down – Ability to identify with another’s feelings : EMPATHY
15-down – Kind of currant bun : TEACAKE
16-down – Not impartial : BIASED
18-down – Indicate indirectly : IMPLY
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.