This crossword No. 10084 clues and answers were published on Thu 29 Aug 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10084 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Special right : PRIVILEGE
8-across – Appendage : TAIL
9-across – Point above focus of earthquake : EPICENTRE
10-across – Sloping hillside : BRAE
13-across – Finger : DIGIT
15-across – Allow : UNFURL
16-across – Place to leave babies : CRECHE
17-across – Spouse’s relations : INLAWS
19-across – Red dye from plant : MADDER
20-across – New : NOVEL
21-across – What is sown : SEED
24-across – Thoroughfare of Beatles fame : ABBEYROAD
25-across – Bloodsucker – credit! : TICK
26-across – Ascribe : ATTRIBUTE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Thick cord : ROPE
3-down – Bad habit : VICE
4-down – Pulse for soup : LENTIL
5-down – Flavouring plant : GARLIC
6-down – Defensive structure, maybe improvised : BARRICADE
7-down – Villain with many wives : BLUEBEARD
11-down – Killer of cat : CURIOSITY
12-down – Wealth : AFFLUENCE
13-down – Submerge : DROWN
14-down – Test : TRIAL
18-down – Water ice : SORBET
19-down – Shooting star : METEOR
22-down – Crustacean – apple : CRAB
23-down – Disfiguring growth on skin : WART
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.