This crossword No. 11610 clues and answers were published on Tue 24 Jul 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 11610 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Blue spring flower from small bulb : SCILLA
4-across – Exotic and much treasured flower : ORCHID
8-across – Flower, source of drug : POPPY
9-across – Small deep blue flower : GENTIAN
10-across – Strips of pasta for soup : NOODLES
11-across – Recessed bay window : ORIEL
12-across – Military movement at funereal pace : SLOWMARCH
17-across – Confess – let in : ADMIT
19-across – Fairy queen : TITANIA
21-across – Tool for breaking and entering : CROWBAR
22-across – Pictorial pun – fictional detective : REBUS
23-across – Suggested explanation : THEORY
24-across – Former military governor of Japan : SHOGUN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Lying on one’s back : SUPINE
2-down – Irreverent : IMPIOUS
3-down – True : LOYAL
5-down – Spite : RANCOUR
6-down – Western half of Hispaniola : HAITI
7-down – Hang : DANGLE
9-down – Game store : GASOMETER
13-down – Month : OCTOBER
14-down – Purse : HANDBAG
15-down – Talisman : MASCOT
16-down – Dried fruit : RAISIN
18-down – Large deer : MOOSE
20-down – Flashlight : TORCH
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.