This crossword No. 12268 clues and answers were published on Thu 03 Sep 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12268 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Means of ascertaining public opinion with questions : POLL
3-across – Deviating from the standard : ABNORMAL
8-across – Separate by passing through fine mesh : SIFT
9-across – Painfully intricate : TORTUOUS
11-across – Used in common conversation : COLLOQUIAL
14-across – Small rowing or sailing boat : DINGHY
15-across – Informed counsel : ADVICE
17-across – Killjoy : SPOILSPORT
20-across – Popular flower grown from bulb : HYACINTH
21-across – Monarch : KING
22-across – Regretting one’s wrongdoings : PENITENT
23-across – Plant with fronds : FERN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Part of address to aid sorting : POSTCODE
2-down – Rope to haul person out of water — vital link : LIFELINE
4-down – Style of shoe — style of accent : BROGUE
5-down – Bizarre — hound’s tail : OUTLANDISH
6-down – State of mind : MOOD
7-down – Sexual desire : LUST
10-down – Pertinent : TOTHEPOINT
12-down – Drug in tobacco : NICOTINE
13-down – Five-sided figure : PENTAGON
16-down – Block sliding in hollow cylinder in machinery etc : PISTON
18-down – Crack — fellow : CHAP
19-down – Boring event : YAWN
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.