This crossword No. 10429 clues and answers were published on Wed 08 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10429 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Status : STANDING
5-across – Platform : DAIS
9-across – Arithmetic etc : MATHS
10-across – Keyboard instrument : CLAVIER
11-across – George IV, before he became King : PRINCEREGENT
13-across – Group of six : SEXTET
14-across – Harmless : BENIGN
17-across – Preparation claiming to reverse alopecia : HAIRRESTORER
20-across – Grapple on canvas : WRESTLE
21-across – Hanging cloth : DRAPE
22-across – Elizabethan stringed instrument : LUTE
23-across – Full of beans : SPIRITED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A few : SOME
2-down – Disease associated with sheep : ANTHRAX
3-down – Shatter : DISINTEGRATE
4-down – Five cents : NICKEL
6-down – Stage whisper : ASIDE
7-down – Close examination : SCRUTINY
8-down – Machine for preserving sounds on cassette : TAPERECORDER
12-down – Avoidance : ESCHEWAL
15-down – Imprecise : INEXACT
16-down – In the Land of Nod : ASLEEP
18-down – Inactive : INERT
19-down – Gone to meet one’s Maker : DEAD
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.