This crossword No. 10162 clues and answers were published on Thu 28 Nov 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10162 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Person experienced in a particular field : PASTMASTER
7-across – Artist, originally from Bradford : HOCKNEY
8-across – Promotional description : BLURB
10-across – Arm bone : ULNA
11-across – One employed to do various jobs : FACTOTUM
13-across – Struggling to make ends meet : HARDUP
15-across – Book size resulting in folding one sheet four times : QUARTO
17-across – British colony until 1997 : HONGKONG
18-across – Interrogate : QUIZ
21-across – Instrument -Twelfth Night character : VIOLA
22-across – Gourmet : EPICURE
23-across – British settler from the 5th century : ANGLOSAXON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Hickory nut : PECAN
2-down – Compos mentis : SANE
3-down – Distress call : MAYDAY
4-down – Wrecker : SABOTEUR
5-down – Imaginary line dividing the earth’s hemispheres : EQUATOR
6-down – Soviet premier, 1958-64 : KHRUSHCHEV
9-down – Stumped : BAMBOOZLED
12-down – Circulars etc : JUNKMAIL
14-down – Dilapidated : RUNDOWN
16-down – Except on the condition that : UNLESS
19-down – Reversal of policy : UTURN
20-down – Bold, flirtatious woman : MINX
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.