This crossword No. 10188 clues and answers were published on Tue 31 Dec 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10188 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Limited : FINITE
4-across – Snake : COBRA
7-across – Book by Dickens : LITTLE
8-across – See 7 : DORRIT
9-across – Mark of old wound : SCAR
10-across – Regal – stately : MAJESTIC
12-across – Hoax purporting to be fossil hominid : PILTDOWNMAN
17-across – Sending, ie of patient to specialist : REFERRAL
19-across – Skin of bacon : RIND
20-across – Cite : ADDUCE
21-across – Justice : EQUITY
22-across – Shrub with red berries : HOLLY
23-across – Herb : HYSSOP
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Justifiable arrest : FAIRCOP
2-down – Normal – innate – instinctive : NATURAL
3-down – Revolutionary month : THERMIDOR
4-down – Old hag : CRONE
5-down – Cap worn by Roman Catholic clergy : BIRETTA
6-down – Fasten – attribute : ATTACH
11-down – Precious stones etc : JEWELLERY
13-down – Heathen : INFIDEL
14-down – Nobleman : MARQUIS
15-down – Going straight from A to B : NONSTOP
16-down – Infringe : BREACH
18-down – Unstable : ROCKY
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.