This crossword No. 12271 clues and answers were published on Mon 07 Sep 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12271 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Drinking session spread over several bars : PUBCRAWL
5-across – Horse race — trees : OAKS
9-across – Diddle : SWIZZ
10-across – Race aim : AMERICA
11-across – High slender back to woman’s shoe : STILETTOHEEL
13-across – Refer indirectly : ALLUDE
14-across – Chatter incoherently : GIBBER
17-across – At a right angle to the vertical : HORIZONTALLY
20-across – Pass powers to regional government : DEVOLVE
21-across – Greek epic about the siege of Troy : ILIAD
22-across – Minute passage in skin : PORE
23-across – Performer of dangerous acts in films etc : STUNTMAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Of the wealthy classes : POSH
2-down – City and port of southwest England : BRISTOL
3-down – Glitzy showmanship : RAZZLEDAZZLE
4-down – Valuable possessions : WEALTH
6-down – Similar : ALIKE
7-down – Unimportant people or things : SMALLFRY
8-down – Religious group — grade in series of designated values : DENOMINATION
12-down – Successful no longer : WASHEDUP
15-down – One of the Low Countries : BELGIUM
16-down – Devise : INVENT
18-down – Person given to wandering : ROVER
19-down – PM, 1955-57 : EDEN
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.