This crossword No. 12042 clues and answers were published on Thu 11 Dec 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12042 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Remarkable sight : SPECTACLE
8-across – Drink that is brewed : BEER
9-across – Kingdom : MONARCHY
10-across – Inhabitant of northwest France : BRETON
11-across – Stone used as abrasive : PUMICE
13-across – Order restricting time not at home : CURFEW
15-across – Deliberate homicide : MURDER
16-across – Wind instrument : CLARINET
18-across – Calibrated disc etc : DIAL
19-across – Specially dear person – likely winner : FAVOURITE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Drink before meal : APERITIF
2-down – Keen insight : ACUMEN
3-down – Forty winks : CATNAP
4-down – Indistinct object – smudge : BLUR
6-down – Very : FEARFULLY
7-down – Victorian novelist, William : THACKERAY
12-down – Victorian novelist, George : MEREDITH
14-down – Opening to admit light : WINDOW
15-down – Fully developed : MATURE
17-down – Bring up – back : REAR
This crossword has in total 20 where 10 are across and 10 are down.