This crossword No. 10581 clues and answers were published on Mon 05 Apr 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10581 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Win casino’s maximum : BREAKTHEBANK
9-across – Extravagant – fantastic : OUTRE
10-across – Normal course of action : ROUTINE
11-across – Flattish carrying board : TRAY
12-across – Flashy 1940s’ item of menswear : ZOOTSUIT
14-across – Part of animal used in soups and stews : OXTAIL
15-across – Drum – the piper’s son : TOMTOM
18-across – Product of burrowing on lawn : WORMCAST
20-across – Potter’s oven : KILN
22-across – Rigid formality – bureaucracy : REDTAPE
23-across – Group heading a military government : JUNTA
24-across – Goods necessary to a business : STOCKINTRADE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Withdraw : RETRACT
3-down – Declare to be true : AVER
4-down – Numbness – inactivity : TORPOR
5-down – Formula with = : EQUATION
6-down – Goodbye : ADIEU
7-down – Obsessive thief : KLEPTOMANIAC
8-down – Speechless – like stumped solver? : LOSTFORWORDS
13-down – Shoddy : GIMCRACK
16-down – Diluted : THINNED
17-down – Behind : ASTERN
19-down – Cowboy show : RODEO
21-down – Slightly open : AJAR
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.