This crossword No. 11254 clues and answers were published on Thu 01 Jun 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 11254 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Culinary flavour enhancer : STOCKCUBE
8-across – Stick : GLUE
9-across – After-dinner mouth cleaner : TOOTHPICK
10-across – Irish dances : JIGS
13-across – Trouser zip area — travels through the air : FLIES
15-across – Spain and Portugal : IBERIA
16-across – Go back on a statement of belief : RECANT
17-across – Pea family plant with three-lobed leaves : CLOVER
19-across – Follow-up work : SEQUEL
20-across – English county : DEVON
21-across – Park ditch : HAHA
24-across – Person of tender years : YOUNGSTER
25-across – Pen tips : NIBS
26-across – Spirit of the moment : ZEITGEIST
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Ancient city besieged by the Greeks : TROY
3-down – Appealing : CUTE
4-down – Dome : CUPOLA
5-down – Squabble : BICKER
6-down – Final demand : ULTIMATUM
7-down – Having many uses : VERSATILE
11-down – Unjustified persecution : WITCHHUNT
12-down – One afraid of strangers : XENOPHOBE
13-down – Set : FIXED
14-down – Number of dwarfs : SEVEN
18-down – State of tranquillity : REPOSE
19-down – Shakespearean poem : SONNET
22-down – Small mass of land in the sea : ISLE
23-down – Military canteen : MESS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.