This crossword No. 10865 clues and answers were published on Thu 03 Mar 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 10865 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Give regular payments : SUBSCRIBE
8-across – Group of three : TRIO
9-across – Lethargy : LASSITUDE
10-across – Quick – abstain from food : FAST
13-across – Edge : BRINK
15-across – Author of Lost Horizon – mystic – hotelier : HILTON
16-across – Incompetent person : DUFFER
17-across – Niche – holiday : RECESS
19-across – Having shiny pages : GLOSSY
20-across – Actress, dame, who died in 2003 : THORA
21-across – See 20 : HIRD
24-across – Associate of dwarfs : SNOWWHITE
25-across – Relative : AUNT
26-across – Home for parentless children : ORPHANAGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – State, Mormon settlement : UTAH
3-down – Strip of cloth – type of window : SASH
4-down – Come back : RETURN
5-down – Accommodation, hopefully temporary : BEDAND
6-down – See 5 : BREAKFAST
7-down – Betty, former Speaker : BOOTHROYD
11-down – Narrow margin of victory : SHORTHEAD
12-down – Viscous material used in antifreeze : GLYCERINE
13-down – Brag : BOAST
14-down – Mongol emperor : KUBLA
18-down – Black eye : SHINER
19-down – Increase – development – tumour : GROWTH
22-down – See 14 : KHAN
23-down – Male animal : STAG
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.