This crossword No. 13740 clues and answers were published on Fri 23 May 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 13740 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Person buying a company to sell off its valuable parts : ASSETSTRIPPER
8-across – Engage in a winter sport : SKI
9-across – Not based on any reality : AIRYFAIRY
10-across – Greens on a golf course? : EIGHTEEN
11-across – Execute : KILL
13-across – Painful swelling of the big toe joint : BUNION
14-across – Room in a church : VESTRY
16-across – Secretion from a male deer, used in perfumery : MUSK
17-across – Part of profits distributed to shareholders : DIVIDEND
20-across – Fourteen books of the Old Testament excluded from most versions of of the Bible : APOCRYPHA
21-across – Pixie : ELF
22-across – Tease : TAKETHEMICKEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Side passage : AISLE
2-down – Go away : SLINGONESHOOK
3-down – : TRACTION
4-down – A complete flop : TURKEY
5-down – Dubious : IFFY
6-down – Troublesome person or thing : PAININTHENECK
7-down – Kings, queens and their families : ROYALTY
12-down – Japanese dish of cooked meat or seafood, marinated in soy sauce : TERIYAKI
13-down – Pretentious talk : BOMBAST
15-down – : TIPPLE
18-down – Silly : DAFFY
19-down – Legal order : WRIT
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.