This crossword No. 12524 clues and answers were published on Thu 01 Jul 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12524 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Characterised by internal strife : FACTIOUS
5-across – Party disciplinarian : WHIP
9-across – Water as vapour : STEAM
10-across – 17th-century French painter : POUSSIN
11-across – Area of piracy in earlier days : BARBARYCOAST
13-across – Plain cotton cloth : CALICO
14-across – Individual firing from cover : SNIPER
17-across – Half : FIFTYPERCENT
20-across – : ONWARDS
21-across – Compound of oxygen and another element : OXIDE
22-across – Projectile : DART
23-across – Very happy : BLISSFUL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Agitate : FUSS
2-down – It’s struck in snooker : CUEBALL
3-down – Where I don’t want otherwise desirable developments : INMYBACKYARD
4-down – Referee : UMPIRE
6-down – Athos : HOSTA
7-down – Hole in tyre : PUNCTURE
8-down – Hidden part of the mind : SUBCONSCIOUS
12-down – Metal framework or raised platform : SCAFFOLD
15-down – Pope : PONTIFF
16-down – Container — ship : VESSEL
18-down – Not so many : FEWER
19-down – Stagger — dance : REEL
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.