This crossword No. 12004 clues and answers were published on Tue 28 Oct 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12004 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – State of having two spouses at one time : BIGAMY
4-across – Shining : BRIGHT
8-across – Little : MINOR
9-across – Offence that’s usually taken : UMBRAGE
10-across – Hang : SUSPEND
11-across – Incompetent : INEPT
12-across – Spiny marine creature : SEAURCHIN
17-across – Great river of South Asia : INDUS
19-across – Mixture – alloy of mercury : AMALGAM
21-across – Go forward : PROCEED
22-across – Protective outer casing : SHELL
23-across – Substance that curdles milk : RENNET
24-across – Method of organisation : SYSTEM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Confound : BEMUSE
2-down – Beginning : GENESIS
3-down – Coalesce : MERGE
5-down – Trash : RUBBISH
6-down – Scrape – feed on grass : GRAZE
7-down – Score : TWENTY
9-down – Surreptitious : UNDERHAND
13-down – Harsh : AUSTERE
14-down – Failure to show care : NEGLECT
15-down – Smoked herring : KIPPER
16-down – Symbolic badge : EMBLEM
18-down – Suffocate in liquid : DROWN
20-down – Test purity of precious metal : ASSAY
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.