This crossword No. 10436 clues and answers were published on Thu 16 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10436 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Fussy and prudish : PRISSY
4-across – Exercise – bore a hole : DRILL
7-across – More’s perfect place : UTOPIA
8-across – Batter cake cooked in an iron – speak about nothing in particular : WAFFLE
9-across – Let it remain : STET
10-across – Ecstatic feeling : EUPHORIA
12-across – American tree with silvery catkins : PUSSYWILLOW
17-across – And so on : ETCETERA
19-across – Den : LAIR
20-across – November’s days : THIRTY
21-across – Person acting on behalf of another : DEPUTY
22-across – Heavy, colourless and odourless gas : XENON
23-across – Feeling of resentment : GRUDGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Time taken in motor racing to fit a 3, for instance : PITSTOP
2-down – Momentum : IMPETUS
3-down – Extra fat around the waist : SPARETYRE
4-down – The grim reaper : DEATH
5-down – Raging fire : INFERNO
6-down – Room for free movement : LEEWAY
11-down – Flirt with women : PHILANDER
13-down – Ointment : UNCTION
14-down – Pond feature upon which a frog may sit : LILYPAD
15-down – Shape wood with a knife – inventor of the jet engine : WHITTLE
16-down – Highest point : VERTEX
18-down – Giant : TITAN
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.