This crossword No. 11944 clues and answers were published on Tue 19 Aug 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 11944 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Table for writing, reading etc : DESK
3-across – Quickly! : CHOPCHOP
8-across – Tuck – pen : FOLD
9-across – Dietary fibre : ROUGHAGE
11-across – Right-angled – halt or go on : ORTHOGONAL
14-across – Suited to confines of a building : INDOOR
15-across – Hired male escort : GIGOLO
17-across – Spotless : IMMACULATE
20-across – Brief published biography of recently deceased person : OBITUARY
21-across – Injure : HARM
22-across – Group hanging perceived wrong-doer without trial : LYNCHMOB
23-across – Thin outer layer : SKIN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Yellow narcissus : DAFFODIL
2-down – Isolated state – slide out : SOLITUDE
4-down – Bringer of bad luck : HOODOO
5-down – Quarrelsome : PUGNACIOUS
6-down – Make healthy : HEAL
7-down – Look closely – nobleman : PEER
10-down – Non-stop chatterbox : MOTORMOUTH
12-down – Amerindian hatchet : TOMAHAWK
13-down – Dreadful being invoked to scare children : BOGEYMAN
16-down – Arrangement of locks : HAIRDO
18-down – Toy in human form : DOLL
19-down – Big cat with pride : LION
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.