This crossword No. 12274 clues and answers were published on Thu 10 Sep 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12274 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Colonise : SETTLE
4-across – Conveniently placed : ATHAND
8-across – Tropical fruit : MANGO
9-across – Gleam : GLISTEN
10-across – Doctor in a theatre : SURGEON
11-across – Canal boat : BARGE
12-across – Great tomb — usual memo : MAUSOLEUM
17-across – With a weapon : ARMED
19-across – No longer working : DEFUNCT
21-across – It causes obsessive fear : BUGBEAR
22-across – Beaten path : TRACK
23-across – Meal : REPAST
24-across – Ready to move : INGEAR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Indian savoury : SAMOSA
2-down – Pet : TANTRUM
3-down – Unfixed : LOOSE
5-down – Cover for finger when sewing : THIMBLE
6-down – Performer in drama : ACTOR
7-down – Main meal of day : DINNER
9-down – Explosive chemical mixture : GUNPOWDER
13-down – Take one’s clothes off : UNDRESS
14-down – Banal : MUNDANE
15-down – Gents’ hairdresser : BARBER
16-down – Worker who feeds a furnace : STOKER
18-down – Swot hard : MUGUP
20-down – Japanese-style mattress : FUTON
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.