This crossword No. 11718 clues and answers were published on Tue 27 Nov 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 11718 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Book by Dickens : TITTLE
4-across – See 1 : DORRIT
8-across – Brief shining : GLEAM
9-across – Harry Percy – from Tottenham : HOTSPUR
10-across – Babble or gossip : CHATTER
11-across – Lever operated by foot : PEDAL
12-across – Made less relaxed : TIGHTENED
17-across – Edible organs : OFFAL
19-across – Unassumingness : MODESTY
21-across – Such as Sappho : POETESS
22-across – Sign of the Zodiac : VIRGO
23-across – Gnawing animal : RODENT
24-across – Great inventor : EDISON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bequest : TEGACY
2-down – Book by Scott Fitzgerald : THELAST
3-down – Boundary : LIMIT
5-down – South African traveller’s rest – unyoke horses : OUTSPAN
6-down – Swift : RAPID
7-down – Marine reptile or dove : TURTLE
9-down – Book by Dickens : HARDTIMES
13-down – Spanish ship : GALLEON
14-down – Abandons – just reward : DESERTS
15-down – See 20 : COPPER
16-down – See 2 : TYCOON
18-down – See 20 : FIELD
20-down – Book by Dickens : DAVID
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.